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Father’s Day can be difficult for so many people. Please know that you are not alone.


Happy Father’s Day, folks!

I am the luckiest dad in the world and am so blessed to watch my son, Teddy, grow up into the man he is now.

Father’s Day has always been bittersweet for me. My dad lost a desperate, prolonged battle with cancer, and died when I was just eight years old.

My mother was widowed twice before she turned 40. Her strength and stoic nature has shaped everything I do. I’ve never met a stronger person in my life.

It was an interesting childhood, to say the least. In the third grade, I was the one everyone teased. Losing my dad made me shy and insecure, and it was hard for me to make friends.

But my mom always said, “You can’t control what life throws at you, but you can control how you respond.” And my dad would always add, “As long as you laugh at something, it can never beat you.”

As time went on, I slowly gained confidence and began making friends. My dad was big into baseball, so I naturally fell in love with the sport.

When I couldn’t hit a curveball, I spent two winters learning to throw one, hundreds and hundreds of hours practice-pitching to my best friend Harry. I was so slow that the other teams would tease me as I warmed up, but I never quit. I finally made the varsity team my senior year in high school and had several key wins to help us win the championship.

Somehow I passed my dad’s love of sports, and my intense competitive nature, onto my own son.

Everything I do today, I do in my dad and Teddy’s honor. All I wanted in life was for my dad to be proud of me — and now I am so proud of my own son.

That’s why I’m fighting so hard for this U.S. Senate race.

I hope I make you proud, too.

Happy Father’s Day. I love you, Teddy. I miss you, Dad.

— John

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