OT: Fathers Day Tommorrow

Dad is 80 this year and has started slowing down considerably. It hurts to see such big strong man have trouble getting around. He called yesterday to tell my brother and I that the battery in his pickup was going bad and since we were coming that way how about bring one when we came. We bought him a new one and told him Happy Fathers Day. Dad is and always was a hard working honest Man although he saw himself as a farmer he would do almost any honest work to feed his family. Back in the early 70's he had several bad years farming in a row where he lost money (at the time I didn't understand how you could loose money that you didn't have). It was a very desperate time for our family to say the least. One day dad got a call about a caretaker job over a large plantation. It seemed to be the answer to all our prayers. Dad went to talk to the person that contacted him about the job and when he came home he just told us that he didn't get the job. We were all disappointed and in the end Dad quit farming and we moved to town. Dad did not elaborate on what happened but a few years ago I asked him. He laughed and told me that it was a widowed woman that owned the plantation and she made it very plain what she expected of him when ever she showed up there and He was sure Momma would not go along with it. I love my Dad but I don't think I ever had so much respect for him as I did that moment.
Ron

I am eighty years old so I am on the other side of your picture. There is nothing like a son to look out for you as you get older. I looked after my father and now it is being returned. My son is not married so I live with him. I have three daughters and they look out for my wife who is in a nursing home. Four years ago there was an emergency with my wife and it was the son who took charge and straightened it out. There is nothing like a son. Some times when they are young you would give them away. Raise them right and they will come through. Disagree with them and listen when they disagree with you.
gitrib

Lets not forget the fathers who have gone on to bigger feilds, either! I lost mine 10 years ago and miss him very much. What I wouldnt give for him to come back down and visit with me for a few just a few minutes, but I know Ill have eternity to catch up!

I too would like to wish all of the Fathers a happy Fathers Day. My Dad died at 62 and I'm now 74 and I still miss him,he was a GOOD man. Jim in N M

I love my Dad, he is 86 now and in the last 3 years has been progressively having a harder time walking. He stopped at our family business yesterday, Mom was driving, on his way to a doctor visit. Walking is about impossible. I worked with him about 58 of my 63 years. I am extremely privileged. The picture was taken July 4,2007 on my tractor that he bought new in 1955.

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's here!!

My Dad passed away about four years ago at the age of 87,miss him very much,keep a picture of him and myself haveing coffee and pie in a nurseing home on Faters Day in frt. of me at the computer.When it came time for a power of attorney he appointed me over my younger rich bro. I always had time for my parents' needs and maybe that is what he saw.

My dad died 34 years ago, I was 16. I sure missed a lot not having a dad around. So if you do have one, make sure you stop and see him, or just call and say hi, even if you are fighting with him or argueing. I sure wish I could.