05/09/2026
Happy Father’s Day Da.
I am blessed to still have my father with us, and to have also known my two grandfathers and my maternal great grandfather.
My son also has the privilege to known his father, maternal grandfather and maternal great- grandfather.
The father line is important.
In Family Constellation work, the father represents strength, direction, success, and our place in the world. Through him, we connect to our ability to take action, to manifest, and to stand strong in life.
Family Constellations is about everyone having a place in the system, and I know for some, the father line may not be how we hope it to be. Some fathers may be absent, some maybe too involved.
In Family Constellation work, we don’t look for a perfect father.
We look for the place in our heart where we can say
“You are my father, I am your child. I take the life you gave me”
We can honour what was good.
We can acknowledge what was difficult.
We can grieve what was missing.
And we can choose to create something different for the generations that come after us.
Picture of wee little me, a younger version of my father and my maternal great grandfather (circ 1980)