My dad died when I was very young, but I do still have those memories of the short years I did have him here on earth and will treasure them always ..
To all the Dad's .. Happy Fathers Day
Posted on 06/11/2003 8:44:02 PM PDT by carlo3b
Happy Father's Day
Fathering a child is truly a blessing from God, answering a primal calling. It memorializes a man as a virile instrument and fulfills his destiny of passing his unique genic bloodlines on to the next generation. Fatherhood thus, offers a man a level of respect, and is universally recognized as one of his most important achievements. However, is it really that much a personal accomplishment?
Proof of true masculinity however, is not to be found simply in the act of procreation, if you are looking for a title that carries some real weight, ...try being a real DAD....
Contrary to the hit most men are taking in today's mainstream pop culture, the overwhelming majority of men, more than meet and most, far exceed the duties and responsibilities of a real Dad, that being, provider, role model, sagacious, dependable, trustworthy, and most important of all,.. loving.
Formally, the honoring of your father has been traced from humble and heartfelt beginnings to the creation of the first official Father's Day observance...
The first accepted documented version of the setting aside of a special day for a child to honor his/or her father was by a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, residing in Spokane, Washington. It occurred to her that a day was needed to create a special Father's Day. She arrived at this conclusion while attending church, and listening to her pastor's Mother's Day sermon in, 1909.
Sonora, having been raised by her father, William Jackson Smart, after the early passing of her mother, she wanted her father to know how very special he was in her life. It was her selfless dad that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in her eyes, a courageous, sage, and loving man. Since her father was born in June, she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, on the 19th of June, 1910.A National Father's Day Committee was formed in 1926, in New York City, for the express purpose of creating a formal Father's Day. Their proclamation was finally approved by a Joint Resolution of Congress, in 1956. It wasn't until 1972 that President Richard Nixon established the first permanent national observance of Father's Day which was designated to be held on the third Sunday of each June.
So it is from a grateful, warm heart of a child, we now hold that for at least one Sunday in June, our Father's will get some messure of gratitude that they and all good fathers should be honored with their own special day, just as we honor our wonderful mothers on her Mother's Day.
.. now try being a Dad
Is there anything more important in life, that a man could do that carries more of Gods blessing than that of being a DAD..
So today, as it has and will continue to be every single day of my life, I will recall the fond memories I have for the one man that set the bar so high for me to reach for in becoming what is the most important achievment I want out of my life, to be a real DAD.. God rest your pure soul my dear Uncle Joe.. I miss and love you dearly.. you were my real dad... huggg....kiss
My dad died when I was very young, but I do still have those memories of the short years I did have him here on earth and will treasure them always ..
To all the Dad's .. Happy Fathers Day
Down here or up there?
A son does not learn how to become a son until he becomes a father.
I just wished I'd settled down earlier. My kids were all born after the passing of my dad and stepdad. But I've learned a valuable lesson from that. I've told my two oldest, that there will be times in their lives when they say something to me or their mother that they really didn't mean.
I tell them not to worry about it, that our love for them is unconditional. And when we pass on, to not feel guilty about past wrongs, because they've already been forgiven.
Simultaneously, I ask God for strength as they unwittingly attempt to send me to an early grave!
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