Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day to all Dads! My Father is 92 this year, and although he can't recall much of the present time, he still has his long term memory and likes to regale stories in the past. I live some 5 hours away so I don't see him very much, but try to call him weekly. I'm not usually successful because he sleeps a lot now and it's a challenge to reach him. He's in a Nursing Home,  but my sister is always around to take him out and look after his every need. Thank God for her!
My Dad has always been the most intelligent man I know. When we would watch Jeopardy he knew all the answers before the contestants did...he could have made a fortune.

In school he graduated a year early and as a result had to wait to start medical school because he was too young! He practiced medicine for almost 60 years!

I was the boy he didn't get, but he made up for it by believing he could make me into a professional tennis star!!! From the age of 10 to 18 we practised regularly and most winters started every Sunday at 7 am in a freezing tennis club...the first ones there got to put on the heaters! Although as the years passed it was obvious I was no Yvonne Goolagong ( my fav) Dad pressed on! I was hopelessly afraid of competition although I played quite well in the end, I always froze when the pressure was on. Poor Dad, a dream lost!
He also turned my oldest boys into pretty good golfers and spent many hours on the golf course with them from an early age. Although they were technically too young to be on the course he would put them in the golf cart as caddies then once on the course have them play!
Dad did a lot of Fathering for me, my sister, and my sons. I will always be greatful to him for the love and support he has shown us all. Happy Father's Day Dad!