| Father's Day should not be the only day that we | | | | love he had given to her and her siblings. |
| celebrate Dads. I think we should make Fathers feel | | | | The very first Father's Day celebration was on June |
| special all year long! | | | | 19, 1910. In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson made the |
| As a wife and mother I would like to celebrate | | | | third Sunday in June as the official day. It was not until |
| husbands with children. They are an awesome breed. I | | | | President Richard Nixon signed a bill in 1972 that it |
| am personally thankful for a husband who works hard | | | | became an official US National Holiday. |
| so that I can be a stay at home Mom. That is a gift to | | | | So, Let's celebrate Dads...not just today...but...ALL |
| our children they will never forget. I see him come | | | | YEAR LONG! |
| home after a long night and gaze lovingly at our | | | | In closing, here are some famous quotes about |
| children and in my heart I know it is worth it to him. | | | | Fathers... |
| As a daughter I would like to celebrate all that my dad | | | | "It is a wise father that knows his own child." -- William |
| is. He is a patient and loving man who taught me the | | | | Shakespeare |
| importance of good penmanship (LOL), good manners, | | | | "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." -- |
| faith, and how to love. | | | | English Proverb |
| I am sure as you are reading this you can think of all | | | | "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as |
| the things your Father taught you. Father's are not | | | | the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud |
| perfect but they are priceless. | | | | "If the new American father feels bewildered and |
| Let me share with you how Father's Day started... | | | | even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that |
| In 1909 a woman named Sonora Dodd was sitting in a | | | | whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty |
| church pew listening to a Mother's Day sermon. She | | | | percent chance of being right." -- Bill Cosby |
| began to think about her Father, William Smart. | | | | HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! |
| You see Sonora's Mother died while giving birth to her. | | | | Copyright © Lara Velez |
| Her Father, a Civil War Veteran, was left to raise her | | | | This article is free for reprint, ONLY if you keep the |
| and five other children alone. Sonora wanted to create | | | | author box in tact, all links active, and do not change |
| a special day to honor him for all of the sacrifices and | | | | ANY part of this article. |