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Happy Daddy's Day

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What is a Dad?

He's someone who's taught you
to follow your dreams
and try to be all you can be.
He's someone who listens to
your point of view
(though sometimes he may disagree).
He's someone who loves you
no matter what happens
and sees you through
good times and bad.
He's someone who's there for you
time after time -
He's your mentor and friend...
He's your Dad

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DADDY'S HANDS

"Walk a little slower, Daddy"
Said a little child so small.
"I'm following in your footsteps,
And I don't want to fall.

Sometimes your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they're hard to see;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.

Someday when I'm all grown up,
You're what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child
Who'll want to follow me.

And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true;
So, walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you."
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A Brief History of Fathers Day

Legend has it that the first Fathers Day celebration was observed in Washington state. In 1909, Louise Smart Dodd, the daughter of Civil War veteran William Smart, proposed a day to honor fathers around the country. Her inspiration was her own father who alone had raised his 6 children after his wife died during childbirth. By 1916 the idea had spread across the country, and was even promoted by president Woodrow Wilson.

It wasn't until 1966 that president Lyndon Johnson proclaimed the third Sunday of every June, the official Fathers Day. Today, Fathers Day is celebrated in a number of countries around the world.

Father's Day Quotes


That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all. J. August Strindberg (1849-1912), Swedish dramatist, novelist, poet. The Son of a Servant (1886; tr. by Claud Field, 1913).

It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare (1564-1616), It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. Anne Sexton (1928-1974), U.S. poet.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. English Proverb (17th century).

To be a successful father . . . there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), U.S. author.

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
Gabriel García Márquez (b. 1928), Colombian writer.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Austrian psychiatrist. Civilization and Its Discontents
If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.
Bill Cosby (b. 1937), U.S. comedian, actor. Fatherhood, ch. 5 (1986).
Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, Who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, And joined in thy innocent glee. Margaret Courtney (1822-62), U.S. poet. Be Kind.

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English satirical poet. Essay on Criticism.
Leontine: An only son, sir, might expect more indulgence. Croaker: An only father, sir, might expect more obedience. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74), Anglo-Irish author. The Good Natur'd Man, act 1.