We have only one member with “dad” in the title but I would venture to guess that biology being what it is we had some situation with a dad. This is a day to say thanks and remember the good.
My dad loved people. He was a true character. I don’t know if I will ever meet someone like him ever again. He died at 77. I am left with many gems that he shared. He never lost the joy of the child.
In some ways my father-in-law was a father to me. I felt his love. How strange history is! I bet he never thought his daughter would marry an American. He was always there to help but never to push. I lost him a while back too.
Pencil, are Dad Pencils the big fat ones, grease pencils, or those flat carpenter’s pencils?
Dads are the ones who raise their daughters with the same standards of achievement as they do their sons. This will be a sad Father’s Day for me, because I miss my touchstone.
In his memory, I will quote one of his favorite lines to me, although it wasn’t a favorite of mine at the time. :)
“I have given you the best education and the best possible upbringing any child could expect in this world. Now, it’s your turn to milk those advantages and make a successful life on your own.”
This was his parting comment to me as I was leaving home at age 22 for the Apple to accept my first ‘real’ job. I have carried this direction with me for my entire adult life.
Liz, is this your first Father’s Day without him?
Yes.
As I sit here with my daughter and my three granddaughters after a long visit to the Museum of Flight, and plan on returning home tomorrow to have dinner with my son and grandson, I remember missing my Dad, who I lost when I was twelve. He never got to see the next generation.
My wife misted up at the museum when I called her over to see a P 47. Her dad saw most of them roll off the line and she felt a connection long gone.
Dads are an ideal we never see perfected, we just slog on and try our best.
TKC, there is such a contrast between a mom and a dad. The love is there but shown in different way. Both have a softness. In my view men are softer than women. Also women have a toughness that is amazing.
Dads are *the best* particularly dealing with daughters; it’s the most special relationship.
Grandfathers are a close second so I congratulate you on three granddaughters!
Beautiful, All! Happy Dad’s Day…To the Dad in all of us…