Happy Father's Day!

I've got to call my dad later on. He might be sleeping in this morning, although I suppose he's up by now. Maybe I should call this morning?

Anyway, today my mind is on my son, who is a father of three. He's locked up in Lovelady at the moment. I'm sure he's lonesome and feeling sad, especially today. Two of his children acquired a new stepfather in May. Jesse is really great with the kids and far more responsible about taking care of them. I'm really glad they have him. Today would be his first Father's Day, officially. I wonder what the kids did for him. He does a lot for the kids. I hope they did something nice.

It's sad to think of Jake missing out on all of this, but I also know he only has himself to blame. He's never shown responsibility the way he should. He's also spent so long locked up, only out for months at a time, it seems. The last time (before this) that he was locked up, he promised the kids they were going to be a proper family. Connie took them to visit him regularly. He'd gotten locked up when the now seven year old was just turned one. He was still locked up when his only son was born shortly after. So when he did get out, did he fulfill his promises? No. He decided to go work in a tattoo shop, which would have been okay, but he spent all the money he made rather than help with any bills or food and went out and partied it away. He wasn't faithful to his wife. He didn't spend any time with the kids. When Connie caught him, they split up. He'd only been out two weeks when it all started. Less than a year later he was locked up again. I miss him. He can be very sweet. But I'm being honest when I say he hasn' t done right by his kids. Now he wants to get to know them, but they've moved on. His daughter up north wants to know him and wants a father in her life. I hope he can actually settle down and do right by her. I hope that with all my heart, for her sake. But who knows what will happen?