Editorial
This magazine hit a major roadblock a
month ago where this issue almost didn’t
make it into print. No, it wasn’t because my
production crew was missing in action. No,
it wasn’t because the financial resources
weren’t there. I put out the call for articles
for the Father’s Day issue of the Naleighna
Kai Literary Café Magazine and was met
with … crickets. Then the reasons why my
normal circle of amazing writers couldn’t
chime in and put their experiences to print
flowed into my inbox and email. I wanted
to give the same credence to this issue that
I did to the Mothers. I was so saddened by
their stories that I almost pulled the plug
on this particular issue altogether. Even
with the fact that I couldn’t write about my
own; I just knew there was a world of great
experiences with fathers out there.
Please know, that between these pages
are a few who have written about fathers,
father-figures, brothers, husbands who
made an impact on their lives. I had to shift
the focus strictly being about fathers alone
and mostly have the writing slant towards
good, strong, wonderful men. I’m glad
that I didn’t table this issue because it’s
important for the world to know that these