OPINION
Happy Father's Day

Father’s Day is Sunday. A day that we should give our Father’s that little extra boost for all they do.

The idea of “father’s day” was conceived by Sonora Dodd, of Washington. While listening to a sermon about Mother’s day she thought father’s should also be honored. Sonora’s father was a Civil War veteran and when his wife died he was left to raise six children.

When Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. In the eyes of his daughter he was a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane Washington, June 19th, 1910.

In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. Later, in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day. President Richard Nixon signed the law which finally made it permanent in 1972 (http://wilstar.com/ holidays/fathers.htm).

'My Father'
When I was:
• Four years old: My daddy can do anything.
• Five years old: My daddy knows a whole lot.
• Six years old: My dad is smarter than your dad.
• Eight years old: My dad doesn’t know exactly everything.
• Ten years old: In the olden days, when my dad grew up, things were sure different.
• Twelve years old: Oh, well, naturally, Dad doesn’t know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood.
Fourteen years old: Don’t pay any attention to my dad. He is so old-fashioned.
• Twenty-one years old: Him? My Lord, he’s hopelessly out of date.
• Twenty-five years old: Dad knows about it, but then he should, because he has been around so long.
• Thirty years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he’s had a lot of experience.
• Thirty-five years old: I’m not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.
• Forty years old: I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise.
• Fifty years old: I’d give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him. Too bad I didn’t appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him.
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Treat your father to a special day and say thanks.

Bonnie Nelson is a freelance writer living in Fountain, CO. If you have any comments or questions, email her at waltbon@comcast.net.

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