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Father's Day celebrates its 100th anniversary!Did you also know it originated in Spokane?
Wishing all dads -- and dads are beautiful, too -- beautiful days, every day, with your family!
In the pictures: The busy man that Vern is, this was when he stopped and smelled the roses, and other flowers at Manito Park, the "crown jewel" of the parks here, as part of the sightseeing for Nana earlier.
This park isn't quite as large as our favourite Missouri Botanical Garden, but each place has its beauty for us to appreciate it for what it is. As is the case with Spokane, that's not quite the same as St Louis, that's not quite the same as Singapore. Father's Day last year happened to be when we arrived to set up home here. And now, isn't home where the heart is?
Home is where the heart is...Our three children give their father warm hellos/hugs -- after his long workdays, and whenever he comes home after being away for his out-of-town (often also means out-of-state) work trips.
From Kait, Ben, and Jon, it goes like this: "DAD-DEEE!!!", "Hi, Daddy!", and "Hey, Dad!". That makes me kinda jealous ;p... hey kids, mommy works hard too, taking care of you and our home.
Differences aside, what I especially appreciate is Vern making, finding, and squeezing out time for them, for us as a family, amid his busyness.
Bless my own Pa, too, for how much he loves us his children. No matter how grown up we are now, and never mind I live halfway across the globe, he's there for us.
Dads rock! We love you!
Every man, woman and child should stop,
think and remember all those wonderful things
that their fathers have done to build
the foundations for their own dreams.
- Mark Jeffery
think and remember all those wonderful things
that their fathers have done to build
the foundations for their own dreams.
- Mark Jeffery
(And what were the boys up to? Playing two-square with their own ball! Anywhere but the flower beds, please)!
6 comments:
yes, all Dads are special, those we chose as our children's dad, as well as those we did not choose - our own Dads
Beautiful post BP - the flowers, the smiles, last but not least, dads. Miss Pa, he's the best. Tried hard not to choke when I wished him Happy Father's Day yesterday...
Be jealous not, surely your kids LOVVVEEE ya!! =D
Wishing you more smiley trips and fun times. Just UNWIND!
Happy Belated Father's Day to Vern!
Actually, we totally forgot about fathers day. Hehe
A belated Happy Father's Day to Vern!
They sure are grEAT! Ha, ha, purposely using that EAT. I treated three fathers to a dinner in Sibu on Fathers' Day! My children's daddy, my sister's hubby and a visiting colleague from Kuching.
And the three fathers really EAT great!
Thanks my dear ladies for sharing your own take on how special and great dads are, and also for your well-wishes! Stardust, I'm sure your dad must be so happy to hear from you! And Yan, that's grEAT what you did!
Blessings to y'all!
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