Monday’s post is a day early because it’s Father’s Day. I want to send a shout out to all the handsome, intelligent, funny, supportive men I know who are celebrating today. Many I’m related to. Many more are my in-laws. I’m married to one.
I happen to have a fabulous dad. If you want to read all about him, check out my post from last year here.
But Father’s Day isn’t just about my dad. It’s about all types of “dads.” The father-figures in people’s lives.
There are our dads. (Mine is amazing. See last year’s post for details.)
And our fathers-in-law. (I hit the jackpot. My father-in-law is the best.)
Our grandfathers (I miss mine terribly).
Our brothers. (I don’t see mine often enough.) Continue reading
Happy Father’s Day! Today is the day set aside to celebrate dads. It was first celebrated in Washington in 1910 in response to Mother’s Day, but it sort of fell into obscurity. It gained national recognition in the 1930s, with the Father’s Day Council being founded in 1938. After years of debate in the government and media, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued a proclamation honoring fathers on the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day in 1966. And here we are today, the third Sunday in June, 2012, honoring dads.