{"id":163,"date":"2016-06-19T12:41:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T04:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brainimplosion.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"2016-06-19T12:41:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T04:41:03","slug":"happy-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainimplosion.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/19\/happy-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Fathers Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is a good day, not because it is Sunday, not just because I find that I am still alive, although that does help a lot, no today is a good day because we get to celebrate our fathers. \u00a0First I want to wish all the father’s Happy Fathers Day. \u00a0I would also like to wish my father in law, Bob Gaug, a very Happy Father’s Day. \u00a0 Next I want to talk about my dad.<\/p>\n

My dad, Richard Lee Daringer, \u00a0turned 83 this year and let me tell you that man has 5 times my energy and his brain runs perfect. \u00a0He is not a man for forgetting things. \u00a0He wakes up everyday and makes life count. \u00a0I mean he really makes every minute of his day mean something. When we were growing up my memories are of my dad working hard to keep his family fed and in clothes. \u00a0Not such an easy task when you have eight kids. \u00a0His solution for food on the table was to grow his own vegetables. \u00a0Every year I remember the garden getting just a little bigger then the year before. \u00a0His garden would feed our whole neighborhood. \u00a0When any of them needed vegetable’s my dad was more then glad to help them out. \u00a0He had so much that every week he would take it down to the nuns and load them up and my how they appreciated that. \u00a0Many of his kids now have there own gardens because of what pops taught us.<\/p>\n

Now another memory of my dad that I am still so grateful for is he taught me how to fix things. \u00a0It did not matter that I was a girl, if I wanted to learn it he taught me it. \u00a0He always said if you are going to own something then you better know how to fix it or be rich. Well even though I would love to be rich, I still would probably fix certain things. \u00a0He also taught me woodworking, how to fix a car, although now cars are no longer made to be fixed at home. \u00a0The point is that my dad wanted his kids to know how to survive and for that I will always be thankful.<\/p>\n

My dad taught us to appreciate the outdoors, he does not like being stuck indoors at all. \u00a0Even if it is just to sit outside and watch the birds. \u00a0I get all of that from my dad. \u00a0My mom would always say to me, you are just like your dad. \u00a0Well to me that is the best compliment anyone can give me. \u00a0My dad has a huge heart and is always helping someone and I try to follow in his footsteps on that.<\/p>\n

My dad is also a great joker. \u00a0Yes to some he seems like the quiet type who doesn’t say much, which sometimes he is, but when it comes to having a good time he can keep up with the best of them. \u00a0What other father do you know will put on a gold glitter wig and sing Dude Looks Like A Lady, while we had the Karaoke going for his 70th birthday. \u00a0I remember him also at times just taking my mom in his arms and giving her a great big kiss, just because he could. \u00a0He has shown his family that there is also a lighter side to living.<\/p>\n

When my mom was alive, she and my dad were inseparable. \u00a0They had been married 60 years. \u00a0My dad took great care of her for as long as was humanly possible when she developed Alzheimer’s. \u00a0I cannot even know the pain he feels from my mother’s loss, she was the true love of his life.<\/p>\n

I am so looking forward to seeing him in another week. \u00a0We will be heading to the Poconos where my sister and her husband rented a house on a private lake. \u00a0For me that means spending one week with the man I love the most. \u00a0I look forward to us fishing together, playing cards together and sitting by the fire chatting together. \u00a0 For me this is time to be with my pops and enjoy every single minute of our time together. \u00a0Pops I love you and I wish you the best fathers day ever.<\/p>\n

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