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  • #589931
    Dr. Pepper
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    Hi Dad,

    I know you’re around here somewhere I just can’t figure out your screen name.

    When we were younger, I would anxiously await for you to come home from work.

    When you finally came home you would pick me up, hug me and hold me high in the “sky”.

    I loved those moments, I’d close my eyes and I think that I was floating in the clouds.

    I thought you were the tallest, strongest person in the world.

    I’d open my eyes, look down at the furniture far below and wish I could stay there forever.

    After you’d put me down I would dream about the day that I would be as tall as you so that I would always feel as if I was in the “sky”.

    As the years went by I got bigger and taller and sadly realized that I will never “walk in the sky”.

    But now when I come home I anxiously wait for my kids to come running to me. I pick them up, hug them and hold them high in the sky. I close my eyes and there I am- floating in the clouds once again.

    I’m sure they think that I am the tallest, strongest person in the world- what kid doesn’t feel that way about their father?

    I now realize that you aren’t the tallest, strongest person in the world, but I still think that you are the smartest person in the world.

    Dad-

    I hope I turned into the person (and father) you dreamed I would. I’ll do whatever I could to pass that hard work down to your grandchildren.

    Thanks again for everything.

    Happy Fathers Day

    #686573
    A600KiloBear
    Participant

    BS”D

    Obama is not going to abolish the holiday this year because it discriminates against the many fatherless families who supported him, and the many ACORN led absentee fathers who voted for him twice?

    #686574
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Dr. Pepper,

    A beautiful statement of love for your father. Thank you for sharing.

    Bear,

    Please don’t ruin such nice thoughts with cheap political pot-shots.

    The Wolf

    #686575
    shaatra
    Member

    Dr. Pepper that was truly beautiful!! It sounded like my house, when my father comes home, ALL the kids go running to give him a hug and kiss. Now that I’m thinking about it, its such a special moment.

    I love my daddy 🙂

    #686576
    Jax
    Member

    Dr. Pepper: that was such a nice note to your dad!

    To My Dad,

    Happy father’s day!(it’s this sunday, right!)

    to ames: i was waiting for you to start a thread like this! ;( things really have changed!

    #686577

    Dr. Pepper- I think I will go cry right now. :_(

    That is so beautiful. Thank you for posting this.

    #686578
    Dr. Pepper
    Participant

    Thanks everyone.

    I hope Pappa Pepper sees it also.

    🙂

    #686579
    Jax
    Member

    ames: LOL, you have no idea how funny that is! my mom also thought last Sunday was father’s day! she called me during the day to remind me about it! said i should get my dad something yada yada! then when i told someone later on that it was father’s day that day, he said nice going Jax, it’s next week! 😉

    #686580
    YW Moderator-72
    Participant

    …am I hearing that I don’t have to be upset with my family until next monday for forgetting fathers day…

    #686581

    mod 72- tell them that they are 51 weeks late….

    #686582
    Jax
    Member

    72: there are so many jr 72’s, someone’s gatta member it buddy! 😉

    #686583
    shaatra
    Member

    Ha we gave my dad his presents last week he’s goes its not fathers day! I’m like yeah it is!! Thought he was joking!

    #686584
    mamashtakah
    Member

    Every year my kids ask me what I want for Father’s day, and I always tell them the same thing – kids who listen the very first time, all the time. Still waiting for that to happen . . . sigh.

    Since there’s no Father’s Day here (E”Y) let’s see if they remember it this Sunday.

    My kids’ former school has had a blood drive every Father’s Day for the past 11 years or so, which was a great way for me to honor my Dad – he donated over 10 gallons of blood to the Red Cross during his working years.

    #686585
    oomis
    Participant

    Dr. Pepper,

    That was such a beautiful and moving tribute to your dad. I am sure he felt the same way every time he held you high in the sky, and I bet he feels that way with your own children. You made me cry, after the fun word thread that made me laugh. Today has been a real roller coaster of emotion.

    I wish my father were still here so I could tell him that it took me all these years to understand what a truly incredible gift the father that I had, was. Not that I didn’t appreciate him, as kids do when I was growing up, mind you, but it is first now when there are certain things that I do for my own children, (maybe ferrying them to an appointment or to catch a train, when I am dog-tired and really just want to sleep a little later, or babysitting when I already have had an incredibly busy day and just wanted to veg out finally, etc. etc.), that I truly GET what it meant for my dad O”H to do those things for me when he was far more exhausted than I could ever be in ten lifetimes. He never once turned me down, and never complained, and I am truly humbled by that thought. For me, every day is father’s day. I am just not one of the ones lucky enough to be able to him how much I love him (and my mom O”H, too). So if your parents are still alive and well kinehora, pick up the phone RIGHT NOW and tell them how you feel about them.

    #686586
    shaatra
    Member

    That was beautiful oomis

    #686587
    Jax
    Member

    oomis1105: that was such a nice peice! i bet your dad & mom are proud looking down!

    #686588
    an open book
    Participant

    real nice, ames 😉 i sympathize with your kids on the “embarrassing them” plan.

    but fyi, your plans don’t guarantee anything. my father always made (still does, actually) me give him hugs & kisses & stuff, so i do, but i still would never voluntarily go over & do that because i know they would think i’m sick or something – i’m just known for hating anything like that since forever & nobody expects me to – so i don’t.

    #686589
    anon for this
    Participant

    ames, when your mother only says “thank you” in response to a beautiful card, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t appreciate it. You don’t know how much it probably means to her (I’d guess she still keeps that card in a safe place), even though she may not express it well. And telling her how you feel, whether in a card or face-to-face, is important for yourself as well.

    #686590
    ambush
    Participant

    wow!

    we got some really amazing pieces over here…

    just remember… EVERY DAY is fathers day!

    #686591
    shaatra
    Member

    Ames:I wouldn’t be embarrassed if my parents gave me hugs and kisses in front of my friends, not at all, I’m happy that they do. Shows I have parents who love me. And if ur kids make a big deal about it it means they really love when u do that. So keep doing it. No one will make fun, or be embarrassed.

    #686592

    Dr. Pepper-

    Very nice thread. If your father isn’t the type to go online you can always print and present it.

    oomis1105-

    Your post reminds me of a Readers Digest article from 25 – 30 years ago titled “Daddy Doll Under the Bed” written by the late Erma Bombeck.

    #686593
    gavra_at_work
    Participant

    Ambush:

    I’ve heard that the reason why the Torah did not tell us the exact day of Matan Torah is so that people should not think that the day of its giving is the only day it needs to be studied, supported, loved & kept. None the less, we still celebrate Shavuos as the day of giving of the Torah. A similar idea applies to Mothers & Fathers day, where there is no “set” day written, but its good idea to have a day to celebrate.

    #686595
    shaatra
    Member

    Happy fathers day to all u daddys/tattys/abbas/grandpas/ jidos/zeidies out there!

    #686596
    YW Moderator-72
    Participant

    shaatra – thanks.

    #686597
    an open book
    Participant

    “jidos”…what language is that?

    #686598
    shaatra
    Member

    An open book: Arabic

    #686599
    shaatra
    Member

    Mod 72: your welcome

    #686600
    an open book
    Participant

    cool. thanks.

    #686601
    shaatra
    Member

    Lol no prob

    #686602
    mepal
    Member

    or Papa for that matter!

    #686603
    shaatra
    Member

    Ames what’s baba?

    #686604
    mepal
    Member

    papa in another language. Probably something like ‘Baba Sali’.

    #686605
    chaverim
    Member

    Baba Sali (Arabic: ???? ????, Hebrew: ???? ?????, lit. “Praying Father”)

    #686606
    shaatra
    Member

    Lol I know someone who calls their grandpa baba….but no, I say daddy…we don’t even say jidoh we say grandpa….

    #686607
    Jax
    Member

    HappyY Father’s Day Daddy 72!

    #686608
    YW Moderator-72
    Participant

    {sniff} {sniff} thanks Jax! …at least somebody remembered…

    #686609
    Jax
    Member

    Daddy 72: hey your very welcome! 🙂

    #686610
    mepal
    Member

    shaatra remembered. I remembered. I just didn’t post it since someone did already!

    But here goes, anyways!

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    #686611
    YW Moderator-72
    Participant

    wow! thanks mepal!

    #686612
    mepal
    Member

    Glad to have you back 😉

    btw, notice that they’re American flags?

    #686613
    Jax
    Member

    mepal: you had to out do me here with Daddy 72?! well i remembered before you did, to wish him Happy Father’s day! 😉

    #686614
    mepal
    Member

    I had no such intentions, Jax! Just wanted to make that poor, sad, wet guy cheer up! And guess what? It worked!

    #686615
    shaatra
    Member

    Jax I beat u to it!!

    #686616
    Jax
    Member

    mepal & shaatra: but really there ain’t compitition among the 72 children, that would be us! ha ha!

    #686617
    YW Moderator-72
    Participant

    kids, kids, kids stop fighting…

    #686618
    Jax
    Member

    72: i was waiting for that post Daddy! 😉

    #686619
    theObvious
    Member

    awww!!! jax, mepal and papa 72, you guys are so cute!

    #686620
    Jax
    Member

    LOL i’m laughing so hard!

    #686621
    theObvious
    Member

    jax- you and the peppers have the same humor- not normal!!its cute!!!

    #686622
    Jax
    Member

    theObvious: glad to bring some humor into your night! 🙂

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