History Of Father's Day

Twighlight bridge ^ | 6-18-06

[sully777]

[garbageseeker]

I would like to wish all the fathers out there a Happy Fathers Day!!!

[garbageseeker]

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[sully777]

Happy fathers day to all

[Nathan Zachary]

Fathers day- A day in which fathers end up BBQing and dong everything except what THEY want to do, which is just to relax and take a day off, enjoy a few beers and do absolutely nothing.
I have some excellent 2" ribeye steaks marinating and ready to go. What father in his right mind would really trust anyone else but himself to cook them? :o)
Enjoy the day all you other dad's!

[mvpel]

This is a very special Father's Day for me, as it is my first as a new father - on Wednesday, June 14, my wife and I were named by the Sverdlovskiy Oblast Family Court as the legal parents of a Russian orphan: It took two years of paperwork, and over a year since we first met him as a 13-month old orphan having lived since birth in an institution here in Nizhniy Tagil, Russia. We get to take custody of him on June 26 or 27, and head back home to New Hampshire.

[garbageseeker]

Fathers Day has been difficult for me because my father has been deceased for over three years.

[Nathan Zachary]

Congrats!

[beaversmom]

How wonderful. Is that a picture when you first met him? He looks like a healthy boy. Congratulations to you and your wife.

[garbageseeker]

Bump

[sully777]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. His lessons make you stronger.

[garbageseeker]

Thank you. I will always remember past Fathers Day with him with quite fondness.

[Nathan Zachary]

Are you not a father? Hopefully some day that space can be filled. A day spent remembering isn't such a bad thing either.

[justche]

This is the second Father's Day without my dad. I am one of the lucky ones who had a great dad. In a million years - no one would have been able to explain the hole he'd leave when he died.

[Thinkin' Gal]

What a wonderful post and photo. Happy Father's Day!

[garbageseeker]

No, I am not a father. But I hope I will one day. I remember the get togethers at his home every Father's Day with fondness.

[sully777]

Be thankful you and I have dads worth remembering. Some people aren't as fortunate.

PS. My mom and dad have been married for 50 years. Dad taught me many things. He was the person that told me about the Free Republic.

[garbageseeker]

I still have that hold in my life they day he passed away, too. But I still think about the good times. He was the greatest dad.

[beaversmom]

When I think of great dads I always think of Andy and his relationship with Opie. I know it's a TV show but the opening scene to the show of father and son going fishing always brings a smile to my face:

Andy and Opie
Mt. Airy, NC

[beaversmom]

Thanks for this post about the history of Father's Day.