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Whether you’ve made the perfect Father’s Day card or bought something from the store, you need something to put inside of it. A little sentimental phrase to tell your father exactly how much he means to you is hard to come up with on the spot. So we’ve put together a little list to help you this Father’s Day.
Take a look:

From a daughter to her father:

First guy to ever love me.
First to sweep me off my feet
or plant those scratchy whisker kisses
gently on my cheek.
First man to take me seriously.
First pal I ever had.
First guy I ever gave my heart to…..

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”  ~Elizabeth Stone

“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” — Enid Bagnold

        
From a son to his father:

“The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.” -Tim Russert

“Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap on a rope.” -Bill Cosby

“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” -Charles Wadsworth
               
This is something my father would particularly like:

“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.”  ~Author Unknown

If you’re anything like me, the idea of Father’s Day is a daunting one. Not because I don’t enjoy celebrating my father, I do! He’s an unbelievable man who has taught me so much and I love him dearly. But, because I am always at a loss of what to get him. What to get a man that has loved me and cared for me all these years? What to get someone who has truly been there for me whenever I needed someone? Those are the questions that always creep up when Father’s Day rolls around and I rack my brain trying to think of something. 

And of course, I want it to be something creative. Something I’ve not done before to really show him how much I appreciate him. Well after racking my brain for hours, I’ve come up with a list of five ingenious ideas (if I do say so myself).

1. Go the sentimental route. A video montage or collage of photos with you and your father (or the whole family) would really be something special for your father to receive. It’s something he can truly cherish for many years to come.
2. Make an afternoon date with him! If he would enjoy activities such as miniature golf, ice cream, lunch, then why not take him out? He deserves to have a bit of fun doing child-like things for a day!
3. Splurge for some hobby supplies. Every father has a hobby he enjoys! Whether it’s a sport like soccer, racing or maybe just fixing up cars, give him something that he would benefit from. Be careful though, you don’t want to overuse this tip as it could become predictable.
4. Bring him humor! There are a plethora of items that would fit the bill, books, trinkets, etc. In fact, I was on Barnes & Nobles web site and saw quite a few books that poke fun at ‘Dadisms’ or have cartoons to depict father-like situations. Guaranteed to make every dad grin, chuckle and laugh out loud.
5. And finally, time is all your father really wants. He enjoys spending time with you, his child. So be sure to spend good quality time, even if it’s not doing anything special, just to be with him.

This photo is something my father and I did when we were in Key West….father-daughter bonding! J