Vatertag

I was this close to forgetting "FATHER'S DAY". Probably just like so many other people today. I find it rude and unfair that Father's day is seemingly less important than Mother's day. It annoys me. What does that mean then? We love our father less than our mother, just because there are Mother's day brunches and balls and dances and plays and concerts and for our fathers it is merely a card, if remembered at all? Probably in marketing terms it would. Why am I bringing marketing into this? Well, I just don't think that "God" (not getting into existing or non-existing) created a Father's/Mother's Day along with Father and Mother, but someone must have come up with these days at some point or the other (yup, the first Father's day was held in 1910, apparently...) and a marketing person found his/her niche (yup, was right about this one too, first occurred in the 1930's, known as "National Father's Day Committee" and was renamed to the "National Council for the Promotion of Father's Day" in 1938). Apparently, people weren't even able to make it the same day across the globe, but it's different days for different countries. i.e.: Germany: May 21, 2009; Australia: September 6, 2009; India: June 21, 2009. Interesting indeed.

However, I personally don't think they are all that bad. I know so many who say "argh, I love my mother/father everyday, I don't need special days to show them that". Yes person, that may be right, but among all the daily stressors that hit our lives, "showing love" and being nice is often forgotten. Thus, I don't think there is any harm in creating a day to cherish one of your parents, where the whole family gets together and just is together and shares the love. Besides, often it is like an extra birthday and who doesn't like birthdays, really? Plus our parents are put through so much, by just being parents, they deserve an extra day that's especially dedicated to their efforts (... for some I guess it's even lack of effort). Because it is a rather traditional day (all marketing set aside) and it is to remind father's of how much their kids love them, cherish them and honor them, I would like to do exactly that:

Papa, ich hab dich so wahnsinnig lieb. Du bist der BESTE Papa den man sich wünschen kann. Ich glaube Kinder wünschen sich oft ins Geheime immer (vielleicht auch weil der Papa eben mit der Mama das Erste ist was die Kinder sehen...) so zu werden wie der Papa. Vor allem wenn man kleiner ist, dann ist der Papa immer sowas wie der Fels in der Brandung, er steht hervor, ragt heraus, bietet Schutz und Rat, ist immer vorne dran und eigentlich der Inbegriff für Mut und Erfolg. Der Papa meistert so viele, noch so schwierige Situation oft mit Sorgfalt und Ausdauer *zwinker*. Ich hab so ein Glück, dass ich genau das Alles hab und noch viel mehr. Du hast mir immer die Liebe und Unterstützung gegeben die ich gebraucht hab. Auch wenn ich nie ein Papa werden kann, werde ich die Sachen die du mir beibringst stolz an meine Kinder weitergeben.

Obwohl wir oft Meinungsverschiedenheiten haben, komme ich trotzdem immernoch gerne nachhause. Danke Papa, dass du du bist. Du bist und bleibst immer die Nummer 1 in meinem Leben. Ich hab dich unendlich Lieb.

Deine Knuddelmaus.

P.S.: *hihi* diese Frage hab ich dir nie gestellt, ich habs einfach gemacht.

P.P.S.: OPA! Alles Gute zum Vatertag!!!! Bleib gesund und munter. Ich denke an dich!

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Eric Clapton: My Father's Eyes