Fathers Day comes around every year and cards are mailed and special dinners are served (with dad's favorite- even if it is only sardines and oysters). But the important thing to remember is what dad means to you and what you remember about your dad.
As for me, I had my father involved in my life for only 11 years before he died. And because I was born in 1929 (I always wondered if I caused the Depression) Dad was working away from home at times at whatever job came up. He could do so many things. He came home on weekends for a period of time in the thirties.
One might think that it made him less a father because he never had the time to "play" with his boys. But I believe that fathers need to spend more time teaching their kids the valuable lessons of life. The lessons, for instance, that you won't always win and failure is a great teacher. Teach your child that there is no shame in being "second", or even "last". Just try harder next time. Learn more so you get a "B" instead of a "C" next grading term.
Fathers teach your children about where they came from. Teach them how this great country was put together by great, noble, thinking men with courage and determination to form a more "Perfect Union" through blood, sweat and tears; a Republic of the People, for the People and by the People.
God help us if we ever forget that!...........Medicineman!
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