Today is my father’s 70th birthday. My parents have some activities planned for the day. I hope they have a good one. My father shares a birthday with Prince Charles who is 60 years old today.<\/p>\n
My father is a very creative person. He is a doodler with a fun style all his own. I still have some of my summer camp letter which has his illustrations in the margins. I still have the cloisonn\u00e9 pins he made me. He worked very hard to make them just so. My mother has a collection of the pins that she is very proud of. He has a good visual eye.<\/p>\n
He introduced me to many authors through the years. He loved reading to me and I loved listening to him read to me. I have many fond memories of sitting down with my dad and a good book. I read to Caroline because of the example set by my parents.<\/p>\n
I can remember watching Warner Brother cartoons and George of the Jungle with him. My parents limited the amount to TV I could see and I now understand why they did it. At the time, being a child, I thought they were being me but now I see that they were trying to make sure I did more than sit in front of the bøøb tube. Reading was an encouraged activity as was other forms of play like what we called the junk game.<\/p>\n
My parents gave me a great childhood and a wonderful upbringing. I hope I can do the same for my daughter.<\/p>\n
My father set a good example for us. He walked the walk as well as talking the talk. He helped us with our homework. Made sure that we could think through a problem using the scientific method. Taught us logical thinking. But with a sense of fun to it.<\/p>\n
He deserves one of those “World’s Greatest Dad” coffee mugs which when I was a kid I thought was some sort of award that was given out on Father’s Day.<\/p>\n
Happy Birthday Da. I love you.<\/p>\n
I am grateful for my childhood memories of my time with my father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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