The Silent Strength
/… dawn’s slowly creeping
when people are still sleeping
my father has awakened
to begin his long day’s…
By Shih-Fang Wang
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Failing Fatherhood
/Most fathers are involved in …
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…has many different definitions.
In most families, it means supervision.
A loving father provides tender…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreMy Father's Inheritance Is My Own
/Dad and I were more alike…
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…but our children inherit our genes. Genes don't die. Genes are immortal in the same way computer chips are immortal. Flesh and bone turn to dust; genes turn to the next host…
By K. L Shipley
Read MoreBaked Ambition
/… was ambitious. He made no secret of the fact. Why should drive and ambition be dirty words? He wanted to go far, he wanted to be senior management, and even director level, by the time he was…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreA Father’s Advice (in Two Parts)
/Inspired by Ogden Nash's…
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… your mother was here,
I’m sure she’d draw near
with advice wise and …
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreGood Stays The Same
/Classics are redeemed…
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… come and go. Good stays the same. I learned this wisdom from a man who fled his native Romania after the communists took over. His name was…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe Evening's Sounds
/… weather was nice, chilly but pleasant, the leaves blew in the gentle breeze, the birds sweet singing while nesting in the trees, the distant laughter, and voices of the students, sitting in groups everywhere around the…
By Amani Lazar
Read MoreBackyard Fence
/Happy Father’s Day!
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…family went to a baseball game at my father’s army post, Fort Sill, when I was little. We sat behind a man with a toupee. I stared and stared at the man with curiosity. Finally, I ran my fingers over the top of his head and brushed …
By Karol Nielsen
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