On this day recognizing the role a father or role-model may contribute to your life or family system, I encourage you to make this a day of experience and healing. This is a day closely knit to our very identity and personhood, so remove the sense of obligation or cultural norms and simply allow yourself to be. If you feel inclined to offer words of “celebration,” feel free. If there is a need to grieve or mourn a loss, allow those feelings so you may continue to heal.