Happy Father's Day

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Happy Father\'s Day

Since another member used an even hundreds post of his for a special message, I thought I'd do the same.

Here's to all of you who still have your fathers with you. Take this day to thank them for all you know they've done for you and for all you don't know of, too.

Here's to all of us who are fathers and get to experience that joy while gaining an appreciation of what our fathers did for us and how much they loved us when we were growing up.

Every time I get a little emotional with my kids (now 24 and 25 and hardly children any more), I tell them, "You really won't be able to appreciate how I feel now until you have children and watch them become adults as I've watched you do."

Make this a special day.

 

[Inspector507]

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Gary,
Happy Fathers Day to you and to all Fathers here.
Although my Father is no longer around for me to hug today, doesn't mean I haven't thought of him all day. I did have the pleasure of seeing both of my boys today, and today is the birthday of my oldest. The two boys got to see each other today too. My oldest son brought me a couple of nice shirts I can wear to work. Then I saw the sullen look on youngest son's face. "Dad......I could barely afford to buy the card....I'm sorry". I laughed and told him "The greatest gift you could have given me, you already did 15 minutes ago." He looked confused and asked what that was? It was when you walked in the door, hugged me and said "Happy Fathers Day, Dad, I love you".

 

[alan40]

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Happy Father's Day to all. My oldest boy 7 broke his elbow on Thursday falling of his bike. He was so sad today because we couldn't do much. I told him he's been such a good boy during this all that he's all I need for Father's day.
There's nothing like having children to make your world a better place!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Take care

 

[fishman]

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My son just kicked me in the eye with his sock-covered foot. Sounds bad, but he's only 2 and a half, and we were wrestling! Great fun!

Oh, and I can see o.k. out of my eye, we'll know more in the a.m. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Junkman]

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Today is a happy day and also a sad day for me. It was 24 years ago that my dad passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. I think about him often and my mom also. It seems that by the time that we are old enough to realize how important that they are to us, that we have little time left with them. Growing up, children don't appreciate parents, the way that they should and by the time that they, the children are old enough to become parents themselves, they are already wrapped up in developing their own lives. Somewhere in between all this, they also develop a adult relationship with their parents. If they are lucky, their parents will be around for a long time after wards for this relationship to continue. In my case, my parents had moved 1500 miles and we didn't get together as often as I would have liked. For the most part, for the last 10 years of my fathers life, he didn't really know who anyone was. I sure wish that we could have had more time together as adults. Growing up, I was close to him, but that was a different time. Never got to know all the answers to so many of the questions that I still think of anew today. I am certainly glad that I was able to know them as an adult, even if it was only for a short time.... Call your parent often...... I did, and I know that it did make a differance.... for both them and me. Get to know your parents before they are gone... Life is short, so make the best of it every day....

 

[Junkman]

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A little something for those who have experienced the process of trying to raise children to relative adulthood; a process which can be likened to a crash (and I emphasize the word crash) course in trying to acquire and exercise the wisdom of Solomon while walking blindfolded through a minefield filled with mines, some of which don't kill, but just turn you upside down when triggered, while others leap up and hug you unexpectedly.


WHY GOD CREATED CHILDREN ( AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN )

To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students... here is something to make you chuckle. Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was, "Don't


"Don't what?" Adam replied.


"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.


"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit?
Hey Eve! Do we have forbidden fruit??????"


"No Way!"


"Yes way!"


"Do Not eat the fruit!" said God.


"Why ? ? ? ? ? ? "


"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was ticked! "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked.


"Uh huh," Adam replied.

"Then why did you?" said the Father.

"I don't know," said Eve.

"She started it!" Adam said

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did Not !!! "

Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.


BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY !

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself.
If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?


THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.


3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.


4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.


5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.


6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.


ADVICE FOR THE DAY : Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day.


AND FINALLY


IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE


"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!

 

[ikline]

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"The greatest gift you could have given me, you already did 15 minutes ago." He looked confused and asked what that was? It was when you walked in the door, hugged me and said "Happy Fathers Day, Dad, I love you".


I couldn't have said it better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Inspector507]

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It's really hard to imagine for me, that a $4 or so card could hurt a working couple so bad, but they are really trying to watch their money to buy a house. With the new (unexpected) baby, I'm sure things are tight.
We did get to the pleasure of watching the baby on Saturday, so we sent home a nice sized "care package" for Emilee.
But all I needed for Father's Day was to see and hug my two sons and tell them that I loved them as much as they loved me.

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

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<font color="blue"> "all I needed for Father's Day was to see and hug my two sons and tell them that I loved them as much as they loved me" </font>

This was the first year that I didn't see either of my children for either my birthday earlier this month or for Father's Day. I had to do that by telephone this year.

They're hardly children in the conventional sense any more. My daughter lives out of town and was (and is still) preparing for her Bar Exam next month. My son has been living and working in Monterrey, Mexico since February and won't finish there until August. It was more than a little odd not seeing either of them at all this month.

The good news is that they're both planning on coming home over the July 4 weekend. She's close enough that she'll drive while his company is flying him both ways. The trade off is they want him on the first flight back Monday AM and at work that day. As he said to me, July 4 isn't a real big holiday where he works now. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I'm guessing he probably had Cinco de Mayo off last month. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif