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One little boy defined Father’s Day like this: “Father’s Day is just like Mother’s Day, only you don’t spend as much on a present.” Come on, isn’t that true? Father’s Day is kind of the “left-over” holiday. It’s the one that we do just so the guys won’t feel bad. In fact Garrison Keillor writes that…

An Hour of Your Time I have seen the following story in various places, but I do not know the original author: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?" With a timid voice and idolizing eyes, the little boy greeted his father as he returned from work. Giving his boy a glaring look, the father said, "Look,…

Did you know that in 1997 (latest stats I found) children spent on 45 minutes per week engaged in any conversation with anyone in the family where conversation was the major activity. The number of families having dinner together regularly dropped by 33% from 1987-1997. Family vacations decreased by…

SHE RARELY CRIED, BUT THIS ONE NIGHT WAS DIFFERENT. I HAD MADE A DEAL WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE THAT, I WOULD PAY HER SCHOOL BILL, ALL OF IT, IF SHE WOULD JUST FINISH PAYNG FOR HER CAR AND COVER THE INSURANCE BY GETTING A JOB. SEEMED LIKE A GOOD DEAL TO ME AND I WAS GOING TO…

Some of my favorite memories of being a son and being a Dad surround the game of baseball. I don’t know what memories Steve and his daughter Emily have developed over the years, but I suspect neither of them will ever forget a day they spent together watching the Phillies play. 32 year-old Steve Monforto…

The Little Chap Who Follows Me A careful man I want to be, A little fellow follows me; I do not dare to go astray For fear he’ll go the self-same way. I cannot once escape his eyes. Whate’er he sees me do he tries. Like ME he says he’s going to be— That little chap who follows me. I must remember as…

Now you are drunk Billy Graham says his favorite story is of a husband who was not very attentive to his wife. But one day he started feeling guilty about that, & decided to change. So on his way home from work he bought a box of candy & some flowers to surprise his wife. He walks up to the door & rings…

A business executive became depressed. Things were not going well at work, and he was bringing his problems home with him every night. Every evening he would eat his dinner in silence, shutting out his wife and five-year-old daughter. Then he would go into the den and read the paper using the newspaper…

Does being more of a father make you less of a man? To a group of committed dads assembled one night in a New Jersey diner, the answer is obvious. Sort of. Paul Haley, 38, a father of two, says women look at him when he walks down the street with his kids. "I think it's admiration," he says. Adam Wolff,…

"Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home." "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." "Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries." "Human beings…