Star*Dreamer's For All Dads

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Happy Father's Day To You!

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 America 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 not only to
honor your father, but all men who act as
a father figure. Stepfathers, Grandfathers,
Uncles, Brothers and adult male friends are all
honored on Father's Day.

~Father's Are Wonderful People~

Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should...

For somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...

And Father struggles daily
To live up to "his image"
As protector and provider
And "hero of the scrimmage"...

And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,

But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...

But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...

But Fathers are just wonderful
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolades of praise,

For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...

And like Our Heavenly Father,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be always on our side.
~Helen Steiner Rice~

Wind Beneath My Wings
~Bette Midler~
- by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar
- from "Beaches"

Ohhhh, oh, oh, oh, ohhh.
It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine,
that's your way.
You always walked a step behind.

So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strain.
A beautiful face without a name for so long.
A beautiful smile to hide the pain.

Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth,
of course I know it.
I would be nothing without you.

Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.

Did I ever tell you you're my hero?
You're everything, everything I wish I could be.
Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

Oh, the wind beneath my wings.
You, you, you, you are the wind beneath my wings.
Fly, fly, fly away. You let me fly so high.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.

Fly, fly, fly high against the sky,
so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you,
thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings.

"Blessed indeed is the man who hears
many gentle voices call him Father!"
~Lydia M. Child~

"When I was a boy of fourteen my Father
was so ignorant I could hardly stand
to have the old man around.
But when I got to be twenty-one,
I was astonished at how much
he had learned in seven years!"
~Mark Twain~

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