With the approach of Fathers Day I want to express a few things I really appreciate about my sons……

Five things I appreciate about my sons…..

• Both young men check in with me by text or with a phone call several times a week, especially when I am traveling. I do the same with each son but they often beat me to it. I enjoy even the brief snippets of news and I even like it if it’s a request for cash to fill a tank or to buy lunch. 

• Both use “please” and “thank you” with much frequency and ease despite a few years when I had to sometimes offer reminders.

• Both are comfortable with peers and adults and with adults of advanced age. While one son tends to be a little shy he can certainly hold his own in company.  

• My sons are in regular contact with each other – despite living about 1000ks apart – and they contact each other without my suggesting they do so. 

• They tend to buy each other what I regard as rather expensive gifts for birthdays and Christmases.

Please, send me your list and I will try to publish a few before Sunday.