Dear Dad…

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By David Edge

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June is busting out all over!

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Many of you will recognize this line from the musical “Carousel” as it is celebrating that summer is here, and everything is blooming and farms are in full planting and growth mode. But beside this fun song what else about June is special?
Well… Father’s Day is June 18th this year so let’s not forget to celebrate dear old Dad. But in some countries Father’s Day is celebrated on the 19th of June.

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The history of Father’s day started in 1909, when Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd was at church listening to a sermon on Mother’s day when she realized that Fathers were just as important. The very next year, the first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910. Years later and through several changes, President Nixon signed the public law in 1972 that made Father’s Day official as the third Sunday in June.

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Fun Father’s Day facts;

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President George Washington never had any children but did adopt his wife’s children from her first marriage.

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A great dad and writer, A.A. Milne created the “Winnie the Pooh” book series for his son Christopher Robin.

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Everybody loves great TV dads including Sheriff Andy Taylor from Mayberry, Tim Taylor from Tool Time, and Danny Tanner from Full House. Who was your favorite TV dad? Ward Cleaver, Mike Brady, or Jim Anderson? Humm….and what TV shows were they from?

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A rose is the official flower for Father’s Day. Red if dad is still living and white if he is deceased.

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A tie is still a traditional gift for dad!

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More and more dads are becoming “Mr. Mom” as stay-at-home dads. Some 150,000 dads in the USA are at home raising the
kids these days.

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We may not shower him with praise, nor mention his name in song, and sometimes it seems that we forget, the joy he spreads as he goes along, but it doesn’t mean that we don’t know, the wonderful role that he has had, and away down deep in every heart, there’s a place that is just for dad…