Father’s Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Dad. It is a day to not only honor your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life – whether as Stepfathers, Uncles, Grandfathers, or “Big Brothers.

On this Sunday, June 20, 2010 we hope everyone has the opportunity to sit down with the important person in your life, have a good smoke and thank the fathers for being just that – Dad.

For this day I would like to share a personal memory/story that just happened with my father that made me laugh and one I will never forget.

For this holiday my father, Lorenzo, always takes them time to fly to Texas to hang out with his dad, have a few drinks, cigars and BBQ. He always fly’s back in time to end the evening at his home with me, my son Asher, and all of my friends growing up who also thought of him as a father.

This time around my dad asked me to show up to his house a few days earlier (while he was still in Texas) because he was expecting a “very important” package that I needed to pick up. Intrigued, I pressed him for some more details of this “important” package and what he was expecting to receive. He explained that since he didn’t live near a cigar lounge he had to order some cigars online and wanted to make sure they weren’t sitting outside. Dad also said it would be nice to come home to some of his favorite cigars that have already rested in his humidor so he can smoke them with us on Father’s Day (we have a big BBQ). At this point I agreed I would pick up the cigars, make sure they were resting in the humidor and he would be able to smoke one as soon as the grill fired up on Sunday.

I arrived to his house on Thursday to make sure the humidor was at perfect condition when the doorbell rang. It was his cigar package. Once I opened up this medium sized box of about 40 cigars I could only laugh and wonder if he wasn’t sending me or teaching me yet another lesson. You see the cigars he ordered, the ones he NEEDED to have, the ones that were VERY important to him, the ones I HAD to come in early and prepare for him were Gran Habano 3 SLS Torpedos.

I thank my father for supporting the retailers who support us at Gran Habano – but I think I get what you’re trying to say Dad. Thanks for yet another unspoken message.