‘My Dad Can Do Anything’
Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there today. Enjoy your day. With it being Father's Day, I did some research on the holiday and came upon this little essay that appeared first in an Ann Lander's book in 1966 called "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!" A portion of the essay went like this.
Funny how adding years to your life can add perspective to you. A child says at:
4 years: My daddy can do anything.
7 years: My dad knows a lot, a whole lot.
8 years: My father doesn't know quite everything.
12 years: Oh, well, naturally Father doesn't know that, either.
14 years: Father? Hopelessly old-fashioned.
21 years: Oh, that man is out-of-date. What do you expect?
25 years: He knows a little bit about it, but not much.
30 years: Maybe we ought to find out what Dad thinks.
35 years: Let's get dad's assessment before we do anything.
50 years: I wonder what dad would have thought about that. He was pretty smart.
60 years: My dad knew absolutely everything!
65 years: I'd do anything if dad were here so I could talk with him. I really miss him.
I hope you all have a wonderful Father's Day.