Others Said It Better

Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later...that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life.
~ Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities


That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
~ J. August Strindberg


The older I get,the more I sympathize.
Happy Father's Day Dad.