Fellow Weaver,

We recently came across a story that stopped us in our tracks.

It’s not about fame, money, or success.
It’s about presence. About making a choice to show up for what matters most.

Some of you may have heard this already, but we feel called to share it, because it says everything we feel about honouring the sacred role of fatherhood.

This story was recently shared by Vishen Lakhiani, and it starts with a simple conversation at a party in the late 1970s. A man named Warren Farrell was approached by someone who told him:

“I gave up my job to raise my son full-time. I had a child before — and I missed out on that life. I didn’t want to make the same mistake again.”

Warren was curious. He asked the man if his wife supported that decision.
He asked if he had been earning a good living before he walked away from it.

The man smiled and said:

“There were two things that made it possible.
The support of my wife.
And the support of the men’s group you started.”

For the next hour, they sat together, just two men, one sharing something raw and real.
He spoke about how becoming a present father had healed his own wounds.
He discussed the value of mundane moments.
He said his soul had opened, and it was the best decision he had ever made.

Warren was moved. Not as a speaker. Not as an expert.
Just as one human to another.

And after nearly an hour, a stranger approached their table and asked for an autograph.
Warren assumed it was for him, but the man clarified:

“Actually, I meant… him.”

Warren turned to the man he’d been speaking with.

“Wait… who are you?”

The man smiled and said:

“John. John Lennon.”

Yes, that John Lennon.

One of the most famous artists in history.
A Beatle. A visionary. A global icon.
But in that moment, just a father.

What he spoke of most, what he said mattered above all else, was not the music.
It was the five short years he spent as a full-time father to his son Sean.

He called himself a “house husband.”
He baked bread. He walked his son to school.
He left it all behind… because he knew he couldn’t get that time back.

He called it the most meaningful time of his life.

This Father’s Day, we’re not here to sell you a product.
We’re here to remind you of the power of presence.

Choosing to show up with integrity, patience, and protection.

Of the unseen magic men carry when they choose to love in their own quiet, grounded, committed ways.

P.S.
If you’re someone who chose to step up, in whatever way you could, we see you.
This one’s for the dads—the stepdads. The father figures.
The protectors. The quiet ones. The everyday magic makers.

You are remembered. You are felt. You are loved.