My Dad is 80 years old , a retired Navy Vet, a cancer survivor, the best Grandfather to my 3 girls, still volunteering, still donating blood and I still don't see a gray hair on him....what's up with that?
What has been the best thing you have done for your dad?
And what little thing is special that you remember of him?
2007-06-16 15:00:06 · 19 answers · asked by Isabella 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't have a very good opinion of my father, especially since I became a parent myself. He walked out on my Mum me and my older brother when I was 17 months old, after two simultaneous affairs and later married one of them. He never sent my brother or me a birthday card, then I finally got one when I was 18. He has never made much effort to contact us to see how we were doing. He also never paid my Mum any child support money. I can't you how much I love, respect and admire my mother.
Anyway, I tried to reconcile with him 5 years ago, but all he did was lie and hurt me, so in my heart I know I've tried, I made an effort. It's sad, because he has 4 grandchildren he's probably never going to meet.
I didn't mean to put a downer on your question, but I am being honest with my feelings. The man my Mum later married when I was 17 has been more of a father to me than anyone.
2007-06-24 14:29:32 · answer #1 · answered by Siobhan W. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love my dad because he's someone I look up to and someone I depend upon. There is probably no one in this world who I would most admire because of that. This may be because I've spend most of my life growing up with him, but there are things that he's done that, for me, seem to be unfathomable in terms of strength and determination. This seems to be the same for your father.
The best thing I've done for my dad, more than buying him a fancy $200 watch or a new grill, was just being there for him when he needed me. This probably was not on father's day, but there were sometimes where he needed me.
My dad is a real estate agent and he teaches; so if grading papers so he can close a $30k deal with a client is what I have to do, I'll do it!
When my father goes, I'll remember his humor and kindness. I'll also remember the little lessons that he'd taught me when growing up.
The most expensive gift I've gotten my father has probably been that watch (if he wants something BIG he'll buy it anyway; I just help him to).
2007-06-16 22:13:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Dad is by far one of the most honest people I ever knew. Integrity is just one of the adjectives that come to mind when I think of him. Blessed be....he is still alive and in good health at age 74. My Mom is still alive as well and in equally good health at 72. Both still work and each has their own car. They also share the same birthday...but different years.
My Dad reminds me of my Heavenly Father.....he instilled in me a deep love of God that is just incredibly unshakeable. My Dad never made a lot of money but I have fond memories of him teaching us girls the finer points of playing football and of taking us on Sunday mystery rides (those were the days!) and on great family vacations!
Thanks for letting me share about him!
2007-06-16 22:10:51 · answer #3 · answered by The Carmelite 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The best thing that i have done to be a worthy son to my
father was to finish my studies which he always emphasize to
all of us. That as we are not rich,it is the only significant
gift that he can endow us with. And what a gift. It helped
me a lot when i started to have a family of my own. I was
able to land a good paying job that helped me greatly
to be able to send my own children to good schools.
The best thing i remember about my father is his honesty
in his work and his dealings with people.
2007-06-16 22:14:16 · answer #4 · answered by Orlando M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My dad has recently passed. It grieve me and the hurt of him not being here is still there. My dad made some mistakes in his life but so did I. I don't judge him and I love him to me the only dad greater than him is God. So Happy Father's Day to them both and I pray that Heaven's Doors will be open for my earthly father.
Pretty Tony know that God doen't make mistakes but he gave us free will of choice. Your father is what ever he chose to be not what God made him to be.
2007-06-24 07:46:02 · answer #5 · answered by misunderstood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lost my BF (my dad) in 1994. He fought in WW2 He lost his battle with cancer. He inspired me to join the military, which I did, He taught me values that I can't explain on a message board.
I honor him on his birthday, memorial day, fathers day, and Veterans day. I light a candle and say thank you. I also keep his war photos next to his and mine honorable discharges.
the best thing I remember among thousands of memories, is when he dropped me off at basic training. He saw me walk thru the doors and dropped his head and he cried like a baby. Later he wrote me and said that was the hardest but proudest moment of his life. He let me go, but yet hated to.
Blessings
2007-06-16 22:10:11 · answer #6 · answered by Milmom 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The BEST thing that my dad was to raise me and my Brothers right. He never ran out on us and was always there no matter what. He is a very good Father, God giving and I am so very blessed to have him in my life. Thank you Jesus.
2007-06-23 14:24:41 · answer #7 · answered by janettevictoria1971 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I try to think of good memories of my dad, but there aren't too many of them to choose from. He killed himself, and was an abusive alcoholic. But I do have a memory of him picking me up by my hands when I was a little kid and swinging me through the air. I thought that was pretty fun. Also, I remember looking back at him after I took my First Communion, and he had his arm around my mother. It was one of the few times I ever saw my parents show any sign of physical affection toward one another, and they seemed, in that fleeting moment, to be happy.
2007-06-16 22:18:56 · answer #8 · answered by solarius 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My Dad is cool... he works hard but he's cool...he never drinks and he doesn't smoke He is a good example to follow... right now he is in concert with my mom (or that's what they said =P) I hope they have fun, they deserve it
My dad always supports me, I want to join the Mexican Amry but before that I want to move to the capital to study laws at UNAM an maybe i'll go to study to UK... My mom hit the roof when I told them what I want to be but my father offered to help me, he told me that I have to think it very well, because now is a dangerous job (The War against drug dealers is getting bloody) he even paid me a gym (I need to pass the health condition exams)... although he wanted me to be the heir of his bussines
They are catholic, when I told them that I was atheist, my mom got scared but my father spoke to me and told me that if that was what I chose he was going to respect it...I went to a catholic group as a last chance to keep being catholic but I decided to be atheist and he respected me
He had a bad childhood, somethimes i feel sorry for him, he lost his parents very young and he had to struggle hard to live since that moment
Oh, and he had have some economic crisises but we have always been in the best schools he can pay... he can have no money for buying some clothes for himself but we (my sister and I) are always studying in private schools
He is a good person
2007-06-16 22:04:29 · answer #9 · answered by Yo tengo el POWER MEXICANO 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I went and spent 3 days with him and my Mom this week. We had a nice time. My best memory of him when I was a child was he and I out in his boat off Miami, a storm blowing up really fast and him securing the boat to a buoy. Then he sheltered me as a torrent of fierce rain and wind swept across us. I felt close to him then.
2007-06-16 22:07:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋