Showing posts with label Father's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Father's Day. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Father's Day 2022

 

                                     

We honor fathers today for all they do for our families. 
My father is 90 years old and enjoys spending time outside-his favorite place to be, cutting and stacking wood. He has an exercise routine with stretches and sit-ups that helps keep his body moving. He told me, "I thank God every morning for another day to be alive."  I told him, "You are doing great, and I also thank God for you." These conversations are so precious to me.
Father's Day may bring sadness if your father is having health issues, if you are missing your father because he is no longer here, or if the father of your children has passed away. We can still honor them by sharing a favorite memory; they are just as important today and every day. Feel free to share a memory below. I would love to hear from you. Please know that my heart goes out to you, and our Heavenly Father cares and loves you. 

With love,
Patty




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Sunday, June 20, 2021

Father's Day 2021

 



Today, we celebrate Father's Day. A holiday that  Sonora Smart Dodd founded. Her mother died in childbirth after the sixth child leaving her father William Smart to raise the family. She appreciated all her father did for their family. So while listening to a sermon on Mother's Day, she wanted to have a day to honor fathers as well. Through her efforts over several years, Father's Day was proclaimed a national holiday in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
I want to take time to honor my father, who at the age of 89 is still cutting branches off of trees, watering flowers for my mother, and reading everything he can on living a healthy lifestyle.
My heart goes out to those of you who no longer have your father here on earth, or if your father is ill, or if you are unable to be with your father for various reasons. I do understand to some degree the feeling of loss on Father's Day. The father of my children, Paul, is no longer here. In grief, we miss our loved ones every day, not just on a holiday. This shows the love we have for them.
Feel free to share a memory of your father if he is here on earth or if he is no longer here, or if you are missing the father of your children. I would love to hear from you. We can recall memories and still be present with those around us. 

With love,
Patty






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Sunday, June 21, 2020

Father's Day 2020

Father's Day is a day to give honor to fathers. This day was initially founded by Sonora Smart Dodd.  The very first Father's Day was celebrated in June of 1910.
                    My father is alive and well at the age of 88. He is a wealth of knowledge from history, nature, and everything in between. I love him! Today, to honor my father and my mother we will share a meal together as a family which includes my sister's family and my brother's family.
My late husband Paul grilling
 Father's Day also brings me sadness without my husband, Paul, the father of my three daughters. We miss him every day.  Each Father's Day, he would be at the grill cooking up something special for our dinner.
Today may be a mixture of emotions of happiness and sadness for you as well. Maybe your father is no longer here, and you miss him. Perhaps your father is here, yet some illness has taken over him. Maybe the father of your children is no longer here. Please know I care and share in your sorrows.
May the words from God bring comfort to you -
"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling."  Psalm 68:5
 "Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life." 
                                              Psalm 54:4                                          
                                              


With love,
Patty

  


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