Honoring My Man on
Father’s Day and Everyday
by: Angelia Vernon Menchan
I’M OFTEN ASKED WHAT
MAKES MY MAN SPECIAL. Often,
I say, very tongue-in-cheek, he
chose me. The truth is, the first
thing is that he has always owned
me and his feelings for me publicly.
There has never been any “manly
posturing” for his friends, acting
as if he were too cool to say that’s
my woman, my wife. He defends
me against anyone, including his
parents. It is clear to all who know
us; I am first after God.
More than that though, he loves
God, he’s honorable, and he raised
our sons, as hands-on as he could be while also being a professional soldier. In fact, because of that
experience, he was more involved with the growth of our youngest son. He was thirteen when my
husband retired, and on our drive to Florida from Oklahoma, he told me he was taking over with our
son. I took some umbrage to that because I was a great mom and our eldest was in the military and
at nineteen, he was also a good kid. I had mostly been the reason for that. He didn’t argue the issue,
though I tried. He had said it, meant it, and planned to represent it.
Once we were settled in, he was true to his word, and they started doing things together exclusive
of me. I wasn’t thrilled initially but slowly saw the brilliance and results. I suddenly had more time