One of the joys I had in putting together āHoliday Biblical Characters: Finding My Stories in the Stories of Christmas and Easterā was adding Motherās Day and Fatherās day stories to the collection. Hereās an excerpt from āA Tribute to My Number One Hero ā My Dad,ā referencing Jewish heroes for Peter, John, James, and the rest of the twelve.
āWhile no book, movie, or miniseries was ever created for him, we have set aside one day out of the year to honor him. His name was Wesley Waddell. I speak, of course, of my dad and Fatherās Day.ā
The photo is a charcoal drawing my mother drew of him in the 1990s. Happy Fatherās Day! Enjoy sharing more fishing stories with Simon Peter today!