Best seen with Notes about this site "Quotes" "That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all." -- J. August Strindberg "It is a wise father that knows his own child." -- William Shakespeare "It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was." -- Anne Sexton "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." -- English Proverb "To be a successful father . . . there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years." -- Ernest Hemingway "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud "If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." -- Bill Cosby "Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!" -- Lydia M. Child "Blessed is the man, who's children hear a gentle voice." -- N L Tate History Sonora Dodd, of Washington state, first had the idea of a "father's day" in 1909, while listening to a Mother's Day sermon. Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran, who was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm. After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, 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 on the 19th of June, 1910. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. Fatherhood is: the first time you see your child at birth, wrinkles and all the first time your child smiles at you the first time your child laughs out loud the first time your child says "dada" the first time that beautiful, precious child looks at you and says 'NO" getting tools for presents that you have no idea what their use is never knowing again where your tools are except that ratchet you found in the sand box after it has rained for three days running through the store repeating "No no no" while your children race to keep up saying "Can I have this, can I have that, can I have this and that?" being asked questions that require a graduate degree to answer taking your children to their first baseball game being told every three minutes (I timed it) "I'm hungry" at the baseball game Best of all though, fatherhood is being able to say "I don't know, ask your Mother".
"Quotes" "That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all." -- J. August Strindberg "It is a wise father that knows his own child." -- William Shakespeare "It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was." -- Anne Sexton "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." -- English Proverb "To be a successful father . . . there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years." -- Ernest Hemingway "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud "If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." -- Bill Cosby "Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!" -- Lydia M. Child "Blessed is the man, who's children hear a gentle voice." -- N L Tate History Sonora Dodd, of Washington state, first had the idea of a "father's day" in 1909, while listening to a Mother's Day sermon. Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran, who was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm. After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, 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 on the 19th of June, 1910. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. Fatherhood is: the first time you see your child at birth, wrinkles and all the first time your child smiles at you the first time your child laughs out loud the first time your child says "dada" the first time that beautiful, precious child looks at you and says 'NO" getting tools for presents that you have no idea what their use is never knowing again where your tools are except that ratchet you found in the sand box after it has rained for three days running through the store repeating "No no no" while your children race to keep up saying "Can I have this, can I have that, can I have this and that?" being asked questions that require a graduate degree to answer taking your children to their first baseball game being told every three minutes (I timed it) "I'm hungry" at the baseball game Best of all though, fatherhood is being able to say "I don't know, ask your Mother".
"That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all." -- J. August Strindberg "It is a wise father that knows his own child." -- William Shakespeare "It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was." -- Anne Sexton "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." -- English Proverb "To be a successful father . . . there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years." -- Ernest Hemingway "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud "If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." -- Bill Cosby "Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!" -- Lydia M. Child "Blessed is the man, who's children hear a gentle voice." -- N L Tate History Sonora Dodd, of Washington state, first had the idea of a "father's day" in 1909, while listening to a Mother's Day sermon. Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran, who was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm. After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, 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 on the 19th of June, 1910. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. Fatherhood is: the first time you see your child at birth, wrinkles and all the first time your child smiles at you the first time your child laughs out loud the first time your child says "dada" the first time that beautiful, precious child looks at you and says 'NO" getting tools for presents that you have no idea what their use is never knowing again where your tools are except that ratchet you found in the sand box after it has rained for three days running through the store repeating "No no no" while your children race to keep up saying "Can I have this, can I have that, can I have this and that?" being asked questions that require a graduate degree to answer taking your children to their first baseball game being told every three minutes (I timed it) "I'm hungry" at the baseball game Best of all though, fatherhood is being able to say "I don't know, ask your Mother".
History Sonora Dodd, of Washington state, first had the idea of a "father's day" in 1909, while listening to a Mother's Day sermon. Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran, who was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm. After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, 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 on the 19th of June, 1910. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. Fatherhood is: the first time you see your child at birth, wrinkles and all the first time your child smiles at you the first time your child laughs out loud the first time your child says "dada" the first time that beautiful, precious child looks at you and says 'NO" getting tools for presents that you have no idea what their use is never knowing again where your tools are except that ratchet you found in the sand box after it has rained for three days running through the store repeating "No no no" while your children race to keep up saying "Can I have this, can I have that, can I have this and that?" being asked questions that require a graduate degree to answer taking your children to their first baseball game being told every three minutes (I timed it) "I'm hungry" at the baseball game Best of all though, fatherhood is being able to say "I don't know, ask your Mother".
Sonora Dodd, of Washington state, first had the idea of a "father's day" in 1909, while listening to a Mother's Day sermon. Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran, who was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm. After Sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, 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 on the 19th of June, 1910. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. Fatherhood is: the first time you see your child at birth, wrinkles and all the first time your child smiles at you the first time your child laughs out loud the first time your child says "dada" the first time that beautiful, precious child looks at you and says 'NO" getting tools for presents that you have no idea what their use is never knowing again where your tools are except that ratchet you found in the sand box after it has rained for three days running through the store repeating "No no no" while your children race to keep up saying "Can I have this, can I have that, can I have this and that?" being asked questions that require a graduate degree to answer taking your children to their first baseball game being told every three minutes (I timed it) "I'm hungry" at the baseball game Best of all though, fatherhood is being able to say "I don't know, ask your Mother".
Fatherhood is: the first time you see your child at birth, wrinkles and all the first time your child smiles at you the first time your child laughs out loud the first time your child says "dada" the first time that beautiful, precious child looks at you and says 'NO" getting tools for presents that you have no idea what their use is never knowing again where your tools are except that ratchet you found in the sand box after it has rained for three days running through the store repeating "No no no" while your children race to keep up saying "Can I have this, can I have that, can I have this and that?" being asked questions that require a graduate degree to answer taking your children to their first baseball game being told every three minutes (I timed it) "I'm hungry" at the baseball game Best of all though, fatherhood is being able to say "I don't know, ask your Mother".
the first time you see your child at birth, wrinkles and all the first time your child smiles at you the first time your child laughs out loud the first time your child says "dada" the first time that beautiful, precious child looks at you and says 'NO" getting tools for presents that you have no idea what their use is never knowing again where your tools are except that ratchet you found in the sand box after it has rained for three days running through the store repeating "No no no" while your children race to keep up saying "Can I have this, can I have that, can I have this and that?" being asked questions that require a graduate degree to answer taking your children to their first baseball game being told every three minutes (I timed it) "I'm hungry" at the baseball game Best of all though, fatherhood is being able to say "I don't know, ask your Mother".
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