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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?

I think celebrating Father's Day is a great acknowledgment of those dads who do take on the challenge of father. The same is true for Mother's Day. Trying to raise children, work, balance a home, have friends is a challenge and needs to be appreciated.

My father was a great dad. He always made sure we had the basics. He always made sure he had a job. Many times he was self employed but always worked and we never lacked for the basics. He taught the work ethic and the importance of doing what is right. Once when I was maybe 8, if that old, I took a kids lipstick from the store and we never paid for it. When my dad found out that I had it, and knowing I didn't have money of my own to purchase it, he took me back to the store and I had to let the store clerk know I took it and had to apologized. That was a very important lesson.

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