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| Prompt: Father's Day. Why should Father's Day be celebrated? And who is or was the most impactful father figure in your life? What has he taught you? *** Father's Day falls on a different day in Australia than it does in the US or the UK. We don't celebrate it until September. It's the same with Mother's Day - it causes all sorts of confusion, and I am constantly wishing my mother a belated UK Mother's Day. I have to rely on the Book of Face and my UK friends to remind me. I believe fathers (and mothers) should be celebrated and appreciated far more than once a year, same as I don't think you should wait until Valentines Day until you show love and affection to someone. If they matter, you should show in your actions all the time - not once a year. However, I don't oppose a day dedicated to it - I'm just not overly fond of how commercial things tend to get. My kids will of course get their dad at least one present each. There is a stall at school where they can buy a variety of Father's Day wares... drinking glasses with tools on them, "Man Cave" signs, worlds best BBQer aprons – you know the things you really want to clutter up your house. I will probably cook whatever Guy wants for dinner (I prefer this to sub-par restaurant fare even with the washing up). And we'll go bowling or crazy golf – something fun as a family. Thats our routine. It's a family day, but Guy gets to choose. My father died nine years ago. I miss him very much. I'm always surprised how greatly his absence still affects me. I can still get choked up. Tears never seem to run dry - they will no doubt appear at some point while I write this. My kids never got to meet him, and it makes me sad that they missed out on his sense of humour, his silliness, and just how much of an amazing "Grumps" he would have been. I tell them stories and photos, but it's not the same - I can never seem to do him justice (tears have appeared). He is without doubt the most impactful father figure in my life. He taught me everything. Things I don't even realise half the time. I get my logical, calculating brain from him. I get my sense of humour from him. We have the same brown eyes. He spent a lot of my childhood working away (overseas) and then I went to boarding school, so he never taught me to ride a bike, or tie my shoes (that was my mother and siblings), I used to watch my mother cook... though he did teach me how to make a fry-up breakfast and Yorkshire puddings. He taught me the importance of working hard and providing for your family. Inadvertently he taught me how important it is to show appreciation for my husband because sometimes I don't think my dad realised how much we all loved, adored, and appreciated everything he did. |
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