For millennials, life is a whirlwind. We are either in school or working, while maintain full social lives, while having an internship, while making time to workout, while keeping up to date with social media while trying to fit in errands, laundry, cleaning, dishes, cooking and the list goes on. We are majorly overextended, and weighed down by all the commitments we’ve made, friends we have and work we have to get done.

However, living this type of lifestyle leads to many important things falling through the cracks, and one of those I’ve recognized most is the lack of relationships with our parents. Some millennials talk to their parents every single day, and some don’t want to, and that’s fine. However, our parents are the reason we are alive, and most of our parents have helped us become who we are, and constantly help us achieve goals and get to where we want to be.

This past Father’s Day I reflected a lot on how much time I make to keep up a relationship with my dad, and if I’m being honest, it’s not enough. He’s done so much to support me, and I should recognize that constantly, not just one day out of the year.

Father’s Day isn’t a day to recognize all the wonderful dads out there, it’s more than that. Father’s Day should be a day that we realize how we can recognize our dad’s hard work and support for us more often, maybe even on a weekly or monthly basis.

Maybe that looks like calling your dad once a week, or shooting him a funny text message. Maybe that looks like mending your relationship, or reaching out to a father you barely know or have had a hard time relating to. Maybe that means setting up lunch plans, visiting for the holidays, or sending him a card just to say, “I’m thinking about you”.

The bottom line is, our dads need love. Our dads need to know how much we appreciate and care for them, and that their hard work is paying off. They need to know that the life they’ve given us, we are grateful for, and that everything they do for us is so worthy of recognition.

So let’s not wait until Father’s Day to recognize what our dads do for us, let’s reach out and acknowledge them as they deserve.