Father's Day

[catherinecookmn]

Shiv mentioned earlier that some people seem to think that fathers actually being fathers -- that is, spending time with their own children!  (gasp!) -- is "babysitting"; that is, that it's either an act of self-abasement or a truly noble sacrifice.  Well, being a good father is a noble thing indeed, but spending time with your kids isn't some

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[rattlesnakeroot]

I was blessed with a father who never put anything else in importance above the family. We had our proble,s, and when I was a young teenager I thought he was too strict and overprotective, and he had a temper. But he's gone now and I hardly think about all that. My favorite thing about him was that we could just sit and watch movies together, or go fishing and float around in a boat all day, or sit around the kitchen table at night joking around. He was very laid back and never in a hurry to do something else "more important" than being with his kids and grandchildren