Thead...not Thread: Happy Father's Day!

El padre. الأب Le père. Il padre. Der Vater. Edoda.

(That’s “father” in Spanish, Arabic, French, Italian, German, Cherokee.)

Father’s Day is tomorrow. As I did with our moms on Mother’s Day in May, I thought it might be fun to put up some pictures of dads and a little background I learned concerning the day.

[Thanks to Wikipedia, History.com, and Time magazine online.]

First, it’s definitely a 20^th-century thing. After the success of Mother’s Day, it was probably inevitable that someone should want to honor our pops.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day

However, did you know that the tradition of honoring fathers goes back to the Middle Ages? (I didn’t.)

In my Mother’s Day post I showed how laundry day went for mothers of two or three generations ago. Here, for tomorrow, is an essay on how the role of fathers has evolved through time. You may read and reflect on whether this pertains to you or your family.
http://time.com/5312912/history-american-fathers/

And another from History.com….

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/fathers-day

And in order of position in time, more or less—and I’m just including the ones I have pictures of—here are some of our dads. If you’d like to add yours, just send me a photo. Happy Father’s Day!