Happy Fathers Day!!! Today is a day for me to think about and reflect on all my memories with my father. As I think back, I did not appreciate all my father had to offer me as I was growing up and even after I started my family, I did not really understand everything that I had learned from him.
Today, as I look back, I think about the values and the way of life he taught me. Many of the things I learned from him were silent, meaning I learned by the example he set by the way he treated my mother and provided for our family.
By todays standards, he was not an educated man as he finished high school after serving time in the army during WW II. Then thru the mail he taught himself how to become an excellent wood craftsmen which as a hobby he would build furniture, church altars and anything asked of him by neighbors and friends.
It was common to see my father in his garage every weekend and often after work, finishing a project or fixing something that I had broken or needed to be repaired around our home. I cannot ever remember my father calling someone to our home to do repair work as he always had the knack to find some way to fix whatever needed to be done.
I certainly do not have many of the skills that he had. But I certainly try to live my life daily by setting the example he had done for me. To all fathers today, Happy Fathers Day, and I hope you have fond memories like me.
As begin my garden work this morning, I will be thinking about all those good times I had with my father while growing up.
My vegetable garden is really beginning to "take off"! It looks like I will have my first ripe tomato sometime this week and the yellow squash and zucchini are now beginning to mature. The string bean seeds I planted a few days ago are now 2 inches out of the ground and my pepper plants are beginning to form small peppers.
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