Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.
The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day." In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.
Father's Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all be honored on Father's Day.
This is the story that i copied from Internet.
Today is Father's Day! Well, i feel like to write something here but i don't know what should i write then. This year was a nineth year that my dad left us. I always wanted to do something for the Father's Day although he's not around with us, but i always don't know what to do. Since i had a blog now, just to write something down so that i can always memorise my father.
My father was a happy, talkative, joking, sometimes a bit fierce, a very responsibility person to all of us. When i was a kid, i always think that i would like to become like him when i grow up one day later. I want to learn about his style, attitude, and many things. I always feel like to be just like him. His attitude was influenced me until now, he's a very hardworking person, he was mainly doing timber business when he's around, his working place(camp) is around 10 hours something drive from Tawau. I remember last time, everytime when he wanted to go to camp, he must gotta wake up very early just because he need to drive a long way until evening only he can reach his camp. A very tough job, he spent his whole life to earn money for family, he do not wanted mother to work outside. I know he wish my mother can have a good life and of course to spent more time to us(my sister, me n my brother). He don't like to stay at home but nothing to do, he always wanted to find something to do. I saw him uncomfortable if he felt himself too free, especially i sensed that during every new year.
He always busy for working, but every end of year when there was a school holiday, he always bring us to go to kk for few days, as in i was a kid last time, when heard of going to kk, i was excited until can't sleep before the night. Very happy at the moment, i was enjoying so much to seating in a car while he driving. We had a long long chat until we reach kk. Of course mother was always besides us at the same time...
I don't know how to express in words about my father. I don't want to talk so much too, i always want to memorised all the time when father around with us, but i know i can't finish if i keep writing about him! Anyway, today is Father's Day! I just wanted to say a few words...
Happy Father's Day,
I Always Miss You Dad...
