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Show i Without Fathers there wouldn't be a Mother's Day By Mary Gae Evans PAROWAN The choir in our ward discovered a strange thing in the past few weeks. We were looking for a song to sing on Father's Day and the only one we could find was "That Silver-Haired Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine." Now, a lot of dad's don't have silver hair.. .as a matter of fact a lot of dad's don't have any hair at all.. .But that's beside the point. The fact is that there are dozens of songs honoring mothers and hardly any for "dear old dad." My husband is always telling me that it's the male sex that's neglected while women are crying for liberation and I bristle right back at him. But, privately, I must admit we do have a few advantages I wouldn't want to be deprived of. Mothers who work would tell a different story I suppose, but we who don't are enjoying a leisurely summer of sleeping in the morning, letting the dishes go when we feel like it, and sending the kids to the'Dairy Freez for lunch. In the meantime, dear old dad is still stuck with getting up early-even though we kept him up until midnight-and heading for work where he'll eat a sun-warmed soggy tuna sandwich and a mashed twinkie for lunch ( that is if there's one left after the kids nightly invation of the cupboards). cup-boards). And, I guess we'll keep saving all the fun chores for him after work, like the plugged up drains and the leaky taps; and, I'll probably keep right on forgetting to buy razor blades and shaving lotion until he's been out for a week: But I do admit fathers are often the unsung heros in our lives. After all, who else but a father would go to work every week, year after year, and never get more than a fleeting glance at his paycheck. Who else would be patient enough to play baseball with a two year old son with a zero batting average and then brag to the boys about the kid's coordination. Who, but a father would turn in to a raging lion when his daughter's date shows up to take her to the show on a motorcycle. And who else would be a good enough judge to know that nowhere in the world is there a boy good enough to take out his precious daughter, while thoughts of his early dating days are running through his head. Fathers are noted for the bad cases of TVitis they get during the football season, the stories they tell during fishing season, the severe "buck fever" that strikes down large numbers of them in the fall, and their eternal quest for matching socks. They like perfume, black nightgowns, and kids who are quiet during Kojak. They enjoy coming home to a lawn that's been mowed and a dinner that's not hamburger, and I hope every one of them got at least one kiss on Father's Day. |