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A Father's Day Reflection Jun. 15, 2025
Dear Readers: Today is Father's Day, a day that means something different to each of us. For some, i... Read More
Happy Father's Day, Dad Jun. 15, 2025
It's not that I don't remember my father complaining. Because, oh, he did plenty of that. He complai... Read More
Father's Day Stars Jun. 16, 2024
Venus gets the most cosmic attention on this day of fathers, angling Neptune before changing suit an... Read More
A Fatherless Father's Day Jun. 18, 2023
Dear Readers: Happy Father's Day. Below is a beautiful letter written for Father's Day. While there ... Read More
A Freedom Hymn for Father's Day Jun. 19, 2022
Today we celebrate at once Father's Day, which is the third Sunday of June, and Juneteenth, which is... Read More
A Fatherless Father's Day Jun. 19, 2022
Dear Readers: Happy Father's Day. Below is a beautiful letter written for Father's Day. While there ... Read More
How I Ended Up on a Road Trip With My High School English Teacher Jun. 17, 2022
I took a road trip with my high school English teacher last weekend. Sixteen-year-old me got a big k... Read More
Thanks for Fathers Jun. 16, 2022
I've often told my children that the most important decision they will ever make is whom they marry.... Read More
My Father's Father: The Traces He Left Jun. 15, 2022
My father's father died when he was 8, just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Born in 1901, the gr... Read More
Celebrating High School Graduates Jul. 08, 2021
Dear Annie: When kids graduate from high school, parents and grandparents obviously are very proud o... Read More
June 20, 2021 Jun. 20, 2021
Dear Readers: Happy Father's Day to all of the men in our reading audience who have had the pleasure... Read More
Lessons From Dad Jun. 20, 2021
Dear Readers: A few weeks ago, I asked you to share the most valuable trait that a dad (or dad figur... Read More
Say No to the Dumb Husband Advertising This Father's Day Jun. 20, 2021
With my dad gone for nearly 14 years, Father's Day stings slightly less than it did the first few. N... Read More
For Father's Day, I Wish I Could Tell Grandpa He Was Right Jun. 18, 2021
My Grandpa Lou was my dad's stepdad and the only grandpa on my father's side I ever knew. Once, on a... Read More
My Children's Father Jun. 17, 2021
In January 1995, I made a list of 18 attributes that described the type of man I wanted to marry. Th... Read More
A Solstice Father's Day Jun. 21, 2020
The first Father's Day in the USA was celebrated on June 19, 1910, although it took several decades ... Read More
Gratitude for Dads Jun. 21, 2020
Dear Readers: Happy Fathers Day! In this poem, William Wordsworth celebrates being able to see the w... Read More
Taking Joy in the Presence of Your Father on Father's Day Jun. 18, 2020
One of the things I've always thought was very amusing is how many fathers feel Mother's Day has muc... Read More
Who Put the Dad in Dad Jokes? Jun. 18, 2020
Sundays are kind of sad. But the day before is a sadder day. Yup. It's time to talk about dad jokes.... Read More
A Father's Day Financial Checklist for New Dads (and Moms) Jun. 19, 2019
Dear Readers: Celebrating Father's Day for the first time can be great fun — and a little scar... Read More
