Forgive me if I cry a little bit for a little while. But it's Father's Day weekend and well I have a dad that hasn't been much of a father but I love him as if he was always there. I haven't hung out with my dad since the mid to late 90's. I seen him at my mom's funeral but didn't get a chance to talk... The love of my life went home to be "Our Father", I'm talking about God. He called and she went. It's okay. Y'all know it took 22 years to forgive him. 22 years to love him. After feeling abandon for 22. Neglected and unlovable for 22 years. So the summer of 2012 during summer camp at Latham Springs. A couple of us staffers decided to go worship with the campers. I remember the the guy preached... was preaching about forgiveness and what it meant to truly forgive someone and love despite of what had happened. I remember specifically that he was telling the conjugation about the time that has dad molested him and his brother. And how the Lord convicted his heart. He started to cry on stage. I left the auditorium that night convicted and convince that I knew what I have to do. As I walked away from the noise of the people exiting auditorium I called him. With tears filling up in the wells of my eyes I said "you know I've hated you for a long time because you wasn't there for me. You abandoned us(me mom and 2 brothers). But I can't hold on to this any longer. I forgive you." My chains were gone and I was set free for first time in a long time. Nowadays we chat with each other every other week. I Aramis Treyveyon Dixon can truly say that I Love my Dad Aaron Woods from top of my head to bottom of my feet simply because where my Dad fell short at God intervene at. He surrounded me with great Men of God. So on Father's Day I am not not only thankful for my dad but for the men who stepped in and kept showing and pointing me in the direction of what a man of God look like.