Happy Fathers Day !

Fathers Day (3rd Sunday in June)
To those who haven’t had the experience to play the role of the father I wish you well, for your existence in being a decent human being, and if your fathers are still in life , then express your love to them. If not, do light a candle for your fathers on this day, and say a prayer, as I will for my father, may he rest in peace .

May Allah/God bless you all……
The role a father plays in a child’s life is never compared to nor put on a high pedestal as that of the mother’s. This I have found to be of bad taste, for just as there are fathers who couldn’t care less about their off springs so there are mothers who think the same way.. Yet many mothers can get away with murder in custody suite battles, as they are perceived as angels whether truly being ones or not! The relationship concerning the father must not be the logical explanation of existence per se especially where children are at stake.

The father whether married to his mate, separated or divorced, should always take into first consideration the benefit of the kids, then their own. When I say fathers I not necessarily mean by means of birth i.e. biological, but that of the responsibility in the upbringing of the child into becoming a respectful decent and reliable person, with proper values, thus we can say as we were seeded and harvested so shall we prosper in the continuity of such an act of blissful love……
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which their children honor fathers. On Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.
The origin of Fathers day is not clear. Some say that it began with a church service in West Virginia in 1908.Others say the first Fathers Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington.
The president of the Chicago branch the Lion’s Club, Harry Meek, is said to have celebrated the first Father’s Day with his organization in !915;and the day that they chose was the third Sunday in June, the closest to Meek’s own birthday.

Regardless of when the first true Father Day occurred, the strongest promoter of the holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington. Mrs. Dodd felt that she had an outstanding father. He was a veteran of the Civil War. His wife had died young and he had raised six children without their mother.

In 1909, Mrs.Dodd approached her own minister and others in Spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on June 5,her fathers birthday. That date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on June 19th. From then on, the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day. Children made special desserts, or visited their fathers if they lived apart.
States and organizations began lobbying Congress to declare an annual Father’s Day in 1916,President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea. However, it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to “establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations”. Since then fathers have been honored and recognized by their family throughout the country on the third Sunday in June.

When children cannot visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers greeting cards that are not too sentimental. Most greeting cards are whimsical so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad.

PEACE