HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Fathers. They are seen as pillars of strength, of certainty, of masculinity. Fathers are often a child first mirror of what masculinity and strength will come to be perceived as. And too often than not that reflection has been shaped by silence and solicited behavior, by a belief that love must be tough to be true. On the other end lies a belief where vulnerability alone is the modern mark of what makes a father. But fatherhood in its truest form surpasses both of these extremes. A father’s role is not to be made of stone nor to be a soft crash pad. It is something far more powerful, it is presence and it is patience. 

Yes, our fathers should be our anchors. They are who by we run to when our world crashes down, when nothing feels sturdy they’re our steady, when everything feels uncertain they’re our familiar. But being an anchor to a child does not mean being unreachable. When a father lets a child in, when he finally lets the child see his heart, when a he speaks gentle kind words, when a he listens without judgment, when he apologizes for his wrong doings, when he admits he doesn’t always have the answer, all these things don’t diminish his masculinity, but expand it. He isn’t just the anchor he’s the sails, he’s the deck, hes the whole harbor. He weathers your storms while offering you shelter, never once letting you feel alone. And all along he is simultaneously battling his own. 

Being strong does not mean being closed, being the protector does not mean being impenetrable. The fathers who show emotion, choose empathy over ego, truth over silence, kindness over dominance are not less of a man but more of one. Because it takes a deeper strength to stay open than to shut down, to be soft in a hard world. The true fathers are not the ones that never bend, but the ones that bend with you. The ones that show you strength can cry, it can be heavy, and most of all it can heal. The strongest men do not carry the world in silence but carry it with grace and gentleness. Their strength isn’t a loud kind it’s a steady kind. Understanding that their worth was never measured with how little they feel but with how deeply they love and fiercely they protect that love. This kind of masculinity and strength doesn’t just shape home, but it shapes of generation. It takes true strength to love out loud. 

Happy Babas day to all the babas around. We love you the LOUDEST

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Published June 21, 2025