“Any man can be a Father, but it takes a special person to be called “DAD”.
This Sunday, June 21st, Fathers all around the country will hopefully be celebrating this day, being honored as a great Dad to there children. It will be especially great for first time Dads out there celebrating a new child in there lives this year.
The idea for creating a day for children to honor their Fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.
Having been raised by her father, William Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
In 1926, a National Father’s Day Committee was formed in New York City. Father’s Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. So Father’s Day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day just like we honor our mothers on Mother’s Day.
For those of you with fathers, this is the one day each year that you can show them how much you appreciate all they have done and will continue to do for you. For those of you that are fathers, enjoy this day with your children and show them how much you appreciate all the love they show you and that you will continue to be a role model and a means of love and support for them now and forever.
As a Dad myself, my daughters, always throughout the year, show there love and appreciation for me and on Fathers Day, they make it even more special. Make sure to enjoy this time with your children and make sure you continue to give them a reason to celebrate you again next year.
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