my dad

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My dad:

At some wall some guys built in China to keep the neighbors out. 



In Tanzania...  One of my "Character Building Experiences"




Tomorrow is his birthday...  Always celebrated on Father's Day...  Only one gift! 

Looking back...

He wasn't always around.  He had a business to run.
      He was always there for me.

He did let me fall from time to time (maybe he even pushed sometimes)... 
      So I would learn how to pick myself up.

"It builds character" was his mantra.  I resented him for that.
      He was right.  He really did know what he was doing.

He has often said if he had it to do over again, there would be some things he would do different.
      Looking at the end result, I would hope not.

I love you, Dad.

Happy Birthday & Father's Day.

[El Matador]

I found this in one of my old photo albums today, it's my dad and me, a long long time ago 

He's getting a set of new golf clubs from me and my mom tomorrow. Deserves every single one.

[Rob Hilding]

Somebody once told me everybody has a dysfunctional family, some are just more dysfunctional than others............


No one can hurt you like a loved one can.


To those who's Father's Days are less than a celebration, my heartfelt condolences. Sometimes there is nothing you can do but keep moving forward with your life. Good on ya for doing so!

To all the great and wonderful Father's (like, luckily, mine may he RIP) Happy Father's Day!

[somegirl]

Sometime around 4:00am I had come up with this.

That was very moving, thank you for sharing.

[ADG]

This has become a lame version of a snivel day time TV show.

What would Evil do?

[gojira]

This has become a lame version of a snivel day time TV show.

What would Evil do?

Huh? 

[ducpainter]

This has become a lame version of a snivel day time TV show.

What would Evil do?

Huh? 

He's just being his contrary self.

[TiNi]

to all the dmf dad's out there... have a good one 

[Charlief]

I miss my Dad.

[Xiphias]

My dad is the best....everyday after he got home from work he always found time to throw the baseball or football with my brother and me (and all of the neighborhood kids!!). I don't remember any of the other dads in the neighborhood doing that. He is (and was) my mom's best friend.

[triangleforge]

My mom and dad are going to come and visit us for the first time in our new home in Arizona at the end of this month, and I'm very excited to show them around. And show them the Ducs -- my dad has a weird relationship with machines; for years, it was the clearest indication that summer was upon us, watching my "PhD in nuclear chemistry, who developed integrated circuits manufacturing operations from the ground up for some of the leaders in the field, oft-proven engineering genius" father cursing at a lawnmower that wouldn't start.

Most of all, I'm thrilled and a little bit scared after the crash course in fatherhood I've gotten stepping into the life of my partner's 13 year old girl and trying to make a family out of it. Fortunately, she's just enough teenager to be entertaining and more than enough human to be fun to be around. She's been away for the past two weeks and I miss her terribly.

Ann-Marie & I rode the bikes down to Skull Valley for breakfast this morning and the waitress wished me Happy Father's Day. On my very first real one, it washed over me like a wave. Can't wait to see my dad again, in a whole new light.

Cheers, all,
BRAD

[erkishhorde]

When I was younger I didn't like my dad. He's always been a little hard of hearing and it hasn't gotten better as he's gotten older. He's never been very good at communicating so we got into fights a lot over small miscommunications. He also has a short temper and would yell a lot. He would never hit though except to spank me when I was little and I usually deserved it.  He missed my birthday a couple times when I was younger for business trips and since I have the same birthday as my grandfather I would sometimes spend my birthday in the car for 6 hours as we drove up the 5 from LA to Stockton. I always hated that and it took me a long time to realize how happy it made him that I had the same birthday as his father.

It took me a long time to find out all the things that went on in the background, all the things that he did to try and make me happy. Now that I'm older they let me know what's happening in the background and I see that he bends over backwards for me sometimes. He's always supported me even if I wasn't making the right decision and he knew it. He was there each time I crashed my bike and was never mad at me. He still tries to hold my hand a lot of the time and it's difficult for him to let me stand on my own because he still kind of thinks of me as a little kid but he's trying his hardest to treat me like an adult.

This year I decided to get him a present to make up for all the presents that I never got him before. I bought him a DSLR Nikon so he can get back into photography and maybe get out of the house more to use his new toy. And being a great dad he didn't mind if I played with it first. You know, to make sure it works. 

[NAKID]

Well, me and my dad have always had a weird relationship. I am the middle kid and always felt like it growing up. I did cause a lot of trouble but I wonder, did I cause trouble because I got treated like the middle kid or the other way around?

Well, my parents divorced in 2000 and there was a lot of pain from that. I stood by my mom.

There was a period a couple years ago that I didn't speak to him for a little over a year. Since we started talking again, things have been "normal".

Well, last night we went over to his place to celebrate father's day since my step mom had to work all day today. We barbecued, had some beers, went swimming. It was pretty good.

Then my step brother brought out the Jack and we did some shots. We were all getting pretty drunk and joking around. My step brother and I are pretty alike and give each other shit all the time.

Since he is about to turn 40 (I'm 32 today) I was saying that even with my make the beast with two backsed up leg, I could out run him. We went back and forth with this for a little while and then my dad busts out with "You think you're better than everyone". WTF? Are you kidding me?
He basically started giving me shit about my recovery from the accident saying that because I was able to make an almost complete recovery, I must think I'm better than everyone else. Well, of course I started yelling back like he was and then he said:

"I knew you always blamed me you your mother and I's divorce!"

At this point, we started getting louder and my wife came and got me said, we're going home.

Happy Father's Day right?

[IZ]

Well, me and my dad have always had a weird relationship. I am the middle kid and always felt like it growing up. I did cause a lot of trouble but I wonder, did I cause trouble because I got treated like the middle kid or the other way around?

Well, my parents divorced in 2000 and there was a lot of pain from that. I stood by my mom.

There was a period a couple years ago that I didn't speak to him for a little over a year. Since we started talking again, things have been "normal".

Well, last night we went over to his place to celebrate father's day since my step mom had to work all day today. We barbecued, had some beers, went swimming. It was pretty good.

Then my step brother brought out the Jack and we did some shots. We were all getting pretty drunk and joking around. My step brother and I are pretty alike and give each other shit all the time.

Since he is about to turn 40 (I'm 32 today) I was saying that even with my make the beast with two backsed up leg, I could out run him. We went back and forth with this for a little while and then my dad busts out with "You think you're better than everyone". WTF? Are you kidding me?
He basically started giving me shit about my recovery from the accident saying that because I was able to make an almost complete recovery, I must think I'm better than everyone else. Well, of course I started yelling back like he was and then he said:

"I knew you always blamed me you your mother and I's divorce!"

At this point, we started getting louder and my wife came and got me said, we're going home.

Happy Father's Day right?

That sucks C!!   

He should be glad you came out of it with your leg in tact 

BTW..Happy B-Day!!    

[powerhammer]

Funny how growing up I fought with the folks about everything but now I can look back and be thankful that I couldn't have asked for better parents.

It was even more fun listening to my 67 year old pop go on about playing the Wii I got them.