An Honest Man Among Pirates
My father is an honest man among pirates. It’s a hard role to fill, a difficult task to achieve, keeping your integrity and principles when corruption surrounds you.
He believed in respect and chivalry, whisked my mother away from the sea dogs in her family. Because he was sensitive and respectful, the pirates judged him as weak, but he prevailed.
We moved to a town where the pirates wore white sheets, and there he stood for equality and respect for all the people, regardless of race or religion. In our next home, he worked on an island, a city founded by Jean Lafitte. Corruption was all around, and there he stood for the law and fought to uphold it.
My father is a mighty, good man, and I see his example reflected in his son, who also stands for respect and equality and the deepest love for his family.
Happy Fathers Day!