During a dinner party at my parents’ house, my daughter decided to get a water jug and serve everyone at the table a glass of water. Watching her make her way around the table, I couldn’t help being touched and proud of her thoughtful gesture towards everyone. I wanted to give her a hug and a kiss to show her how I felt and so, I asked her to come see me when she was done. At this point, something surprising happened – as soon as I told her to come see me, a big beautiful smile graced her face.
After the briefest moment, it dawned on me why she was smiling after hearing that I wanted to see her – she knew exactly what I was going to do and why. When she came to my place at the table and got her hug and kiss, along with a whispered comment about how proud I was of her, she went back to her chair, wearing an even bigger shining smile. Thinking about this moment, I realized that my daughter’s smile was as much a reaction to my gestures and comment as it was a result of her feeling proud that she was right about what she had expected I was going to do.
After seeing that you’ve brought back your ‘Back to School’ commercial from 15 years ago, I wanted to write this note to tell you my thoughts on it. As a member of your target audience, I have to be honest and tell you that I hate this ad. Just to be sure that you know which one I’m talking about, here’s a copy of the TV commercial in question -
So today was Father’s Day – that one day in the year where fathers can lounge around the house doing nothing . . . and no one’s going to get on their case about it.
For this year’s festivities, my kids decided that they wanted the whole family to go bowling – sounds fairly innocent enough. However, once we got there, all of them, including my wife, were having the most fun seeing how much I stunk compared to them in playing this game (note to self – in bowling, the object is not to toss the ball like one would in shot put). Ah, yes, there’s no better way to better way to celebrate fatherhood than to have your kids cheering their whooping your permanent vertical smile in a game of bowling. Click here to continue reading »”Father’s Day – Best Day of The Year”
