It was Father’s Day last weekend. How did the Father’s in your life spend the day? Do you need a special day to honour your Father?
Richard Thomas from the Sydney Morning Herald said even though his 80-year-old dad is 22,500 kilometres away, he regularly sends him tokens of gratitude and affection “for a lifetime of fatherly care and love.” He does this without “relying on a designated day instructing me to do so“.
“I know as a father what I value most is to see my children happy and healthy with a little bit of obedience thrown in. And as any father will know that a child’s gleeful laugh is worth all the overpriced and overpackaged tat that was sold to commemorate this day. Yesterday morning I was greeted with the warmest of hugs, a couple of handmade cards and a cup of tea in bed from my kids and that just about made me the happiest dad in the world,” he says.
Some of our Forum members have been chatting about how they or their Fathers spent the day.
Foxylass said unfortunately her poor dad is spent Father’s Day in hospital. Bernhardt spend the day at a wedding and received hugs from his daughters and a handshake from his son, which he says is worth far more than presents.
How did you honour the special men in your life? What does Father’s Day mean to you?
Image credit: mikebaird.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
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I try to contact my dad weekly. Especially right now given he had to spend Fathers’s day and his wedding anniversary in hospital in horrendous pain. I guess my father was someone I looked up to growing up. He was calm & collected. My father was a jockey when he was a very young man. I inherited his love of horses. He taught me to ride, groom and administer veterinary care to all of my horses. He taught me to drive a car by getting mean old beaten up Ford to drive around our acreage. I hit a few trees but never hurt myself . I remember these life lessons every Father’s day.
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I spent Father’s Day this year doing a ten hour night shift ( the last half in the dark with a hand held flashlight ), followed by an eight hour shift with the State Emergency Service ( SES ).
We had a 130 – 150 km/H windstorm go through the Illawarra / Shoalhaven Districts.
Many dads gave up their Father’s Day picnic / BBQ to get out and help others. I was just another dad doing my bit.
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I didnt see my father this year on Father’s day as he went away for work and I did night shift on the Saturday night but I made sure that in the week before we had a lovely family dinner together. I quite often have lunch with my Mum and/ or Dad and I love this special time together talking.
I did however spend Father’s Day with my boyfriend’s family. I had an hour sleep after my 12hr night then baked 2 dozen cupcakes and headed to a lovely family BBQ. It was a simple BBQ at home but it was lovely.
Both my boyfriend and I treasure the time we have with our fathers as we know we won’t always have that opportunity.
Father’s Day is also special for my son to celebrate the male role models in his life ie: my father and my boyfriend. His school had a “Boys and Blokes” trivia night and dinner and the three of them had a great time together. 200 Year Seven Boys and their respective male role models having a blokey good time. I wish I had been a fly on the wall!