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One of the first Bible verses I learned in Sunday School was "Honor thy father and mother". And I never forgot to do that. I always wanted to please my daddy and mother and tried hard not to disappoint them, as long as they lived. In turn, I taught our boys to respect us as parents and we always made "Father's Day" a special time in our home.
I remember that the boys would make "coupon" books to give to their dad for chores he wanted them to do. Once Bill drew pictures of the chores and at the end of the book, he wrote "good until I die". The coupons didn't last too long.... Jim used them all.
Jim traveled extensively during his working career and when he was gone from home, I had to be mom and dad. We always tried to make things easy for dad and treat him special when he came home from his trips. Birthdays were very special. Bill shared his birthday with his dad on July 15. We always had one big party for the two of them.
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When Jim retired, and we moved to our home in the woods in the middle of our tree farm in AL,
James and I had to get used to having Jim at home 24/7. We always did the grocery shopping while he was at work. We were getting ready to go to the grocery store one day, and James turned and looked at his dad as he was getting ready to go with us, and said to me "Does HE have to follow us every where we go?" It didn't take us long to get used to having him at home all the time, and he had to get used to us as well!
It's always "Father's Day" at our house - not just once a year.
