Pub Note

I was just asked by my daughters what I wanted for Father’s Day this year. I was caught off guard because it’s May already and almost half the year is gone. It’s so true when they say: “As you get older the years just fly by.” This book is a tough one to get through every year as I reflect on the ways that I can improve as a father (please don’t ask my daughters that question) or a father figure to a person I hold near and dear to my heart—my nephew, Jose Roman, who I love as the son I never had. I also reflect on what a true relationship with my dad would have been like if he hadn’t passed away so early, when we were finally beginning to develop one. I wonder what it would have been like to experience some of the great courses I’ve played with him by my side—making sure that he kept the true numbers on the scorecard or having him tell me to keep my left arm straight in my back swing. I try to be a great father for my two daughters, but I also try to provide the best example of a man that I can. I have been told by a number of people that daughters take notes on how their fathers look and act, and are drawn to men like their fathers when they start to date.

I also have to mention my Mom when it comes to conversations of fathers. Having not had my father living with us, she carried the weight of being both mother and father in my life. She was—and still is—the most amazing person I have met. God broke the mold when he created her heart. She is truly, one of the most compassionate people that I know. So to my mom: Happy Father’s Day.

In this issue I had the great pleasure of introducing Common to the game of golf. And I have to tell you—he was a saint. The guy was totally into learning the sport and loved the idea of going into uncharted waters. The part that I was not too cool with was, although he had never touched a club in his life, he got the ball in the air after just four attempts. It took me 100 balls and four blisters to get the first one in the air when I had my first lesson. Common promised to take some additional lessons and, as he said in our Green TV segment (find video at TGMlinks.com), if he starts something he gives it his all. He is passionate about his music and is developing a tremendous love affair with the silver screen, but it’s with his daughter that his eyes start to gleam.

It should come as no surprise that this issue features a great gift guide for those last minute shoppers who need ideas for the finest in Father’s Day presents. As always, please stay in touch and let us know what you would like to see in the pages of The Green Magazine.

Rafael Martinez
CEO/Publisher