…of the New York City Department of Education. An actual email:

Happy Father’s Day (June 16)

On Father’s Day, we invite everyone to express love, gratitude, and appreciation for all individuals who identify as fathers. This includes fathers who have lost their children, those who have lost their fathers, those who yearn to be fathers, fathers with complicated relationships with their children, individuals who chose not to be fathers, and those who have strained relationships with their fathers, father-like figures, and guardians.

Let’s celebrate the many forms of fatherhood and show our appreciation for these individuals’ vital role in our lives.

Three photos of my father posing with his annual buck from the late 1940s at his Locust Valley farm. All these photographs were damaged by dampness having been stored in a basement.