FATHER'S DAY

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL FATHERS, GRANDFATHERS, UNCLES....

A brief history of this occassion, celebrated on 17 June this year..



Sonoro Louis Dodd of Washington thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. She wanted to honour her dad, William Smart who raised his 6 children by himself when his wife died at childbirth.

Reaching adulthood, Sonoro Dodd realised how courageous and selfless her father had been when bringing them up, and of all the sacrifices made. She decided that she wanted a special day to honour him and campaigned for a ‘father’s day’ in 1909. The first Father’s Day was celebrated on 19 June 1910, in Spokane, Washington as William Smart, her father, was born in June.

In 1972 Father’s Day was fixed as being the 3rd Sunday in June by President Richard Nixon, and the rest is history

What Makes A Dad
God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it ... Dad
Author is unknown



Fathers are Wonderful People
Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should...

For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...

And Father struggles daily
To live up to "HIS IMAGE"
As protector and provider
And "hero or the scrimmage"...

And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,

But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...

But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...

But Fathers are just WONDERFUL
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolade of praise,

For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...
And like our Heavenly Father,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be alays on our side.
By Helen Steiner Rice

So cheers to all of you
and just a reminder of being a father