I took this photograph with the Father and baby on July 29, 2017. It represents the more than 100 such photographs which I had taken this year, 2017, not only in Guyana, but over-seas as well. About ten years ago, I realized that there were many influential people in Guyana who were desecrating Father’s Day, by going on a merciless male bashing tirade. These otherwise good folks, include Social Workers and Pastors. Since Father’s Day was intended for the Good Fathers, I decided that what was happening on Father’s Day in Guyana, was terribly wrong, and so I decided to do something about it. I spoke with experts
such as the Head of the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association, the late Frederick Cox, and his successor, Beverley Braithwaite-Chan. Also Pastor John Smith of Central Assembly of God and Pastor Raphael Massiah of the First Assembly of God, for advice and guidance. I wanted to have Father’s Day celebrated the way in which it was intended, and that is to honour the good Fathers in our society. Father’s Day is just one day, one Sunday in the year, and it should not be abused with pastors in particular, speaking exclusively about the bad fathers, when they ought to be speaking only about the GOOD FATHERS on that special day, and giving them words of recognition, praise and
encouragement. Over the past five years or so, there has been a decrease in the way Father’s Day has been desecrated in Guyana.
