The following are letters to the editor that appeared in the July 1 print edition of The Herald. To submit a letter, e-mail editor@puyallupherald.com. Please keep letters submissions to 250 words.

I appreciate the recent Father’s Day tribute in our shared guest column and I can’t yet let go of celebrating. A father’s love is a far-reaching blessing like the love that grows in each of us as we mentor the next generation, moving our world forward. It begins with little things like swings, bicycles, ballgames and campfires that trace indelible marks in memory. I like to share this poem I wrote for my father: