Since my father was a farmer, he couldn’t take Father’s day off.  However, he enjoyed taking a picnic lunch, after the milking was done and we were home from church, and going for a Sunday drive with Mother and us  four children.  He had some of his favorite back roads to explore and often would stop where we children could run and play after we ate.
 One of Father’s favorite picnic spots was found at the top of a cliff overlooking the Hudson River and the mid-Hudson bridge across the river from Poughkeepsie.  (We lived in a farming town 15 miles …read more

Why not make a scrapbook dedicated to Dad for Father’s Day?  You may not have it made for a gift today, but why not start one?  It can take many forms.

For the dad of young children in the family.
For grandfather…his life, achievements, and hobbies
For uncles who play a special role in your children’s lives.
For someone who has like a dad or grandfather in your family’s life.

What do you include?

Photos of special events
Photos, journal entries and memories
Photos of an unfolding life
Contributions from various family members

This can be a fun family project that recalls fond times and hard times and draws families …read more

How do you celebrate Father’s Day in your family?  Do you have fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other men who have taken a father figure role in your life or your children’s lives?

 Do the children make special gifts and cards?
Do you cook favorite foods?
Do you plan special activities for the day?
Do you give Dad the day off to do just as he likes?
Do you take walks with Dad.
Do you go on a family picnic to Dad’s favorite fishing spot?

 Are there family rituals that you associate with Father’s Day in your family?

I packed the entire household for our family vacation to the beach. I don’t mind doing this, not for my son or even my husband. It gets us out of the house faster. And really, my husband trusts me to dig up what he wants or needs. While packing, though, I noticed my husband was in dire need of new swimwear. The swimsuit he bought last year was completely faded out, the elastic had worn out on another, and the third had been eaten by a friend’s dog.
We were due to leave in mere hours, and Rick was at work, …read more

My sister and her kids took my father out for his 69th birthday last night. I called while they were en route to whatever fabulous restaurant they were going, my father jovial and saying he hopes I can make it there for his “big one” next year. I want to more than he probably realizes. It kills me to be so far away when every other child of his (blood and otherwise) is right there in Memphis with him. This makes me wonder why I moved 350 miles away so many years ago. Was I escaping something?
Perhaps I was. I …read more

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
    Whether you’re a quilting dad, a supportive dad, anyone’s dad in the quilting world and elsewhere…I wish you a Happy Father’s Day!
This is a time to celebrate dads and remember our dad.  Even though my dad is no longer living, this day brings memories of him.  It’s a time for memories, for getting together, for making phone calls and sending cards, and even for forgiveness.
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(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen