Mews from Meowmix

Any Mother’s Day or Father’s Day Sunday I manage to not cry through the sermon is a good one!  When feeling particularly vulnerable, I have been known to skip out on those Sundays to avoid the sermon.  Our preacher, Phil, did not have a Father’s Day sermon; he just mentioned it at the beginning of his lesson and wished all the dads, granddads and great-granddads a happy day.  I thanked him for that and for not making me cry!  However, somewhere in the sermon he DID preach, for some reason, he felt it necessary to talk about whether or not pets go to heaven, and he said they didn’t.  So after church, I told him HIS pets may not go to heaven, but MINE do!!! 

Seriously, I want to wish the amazing fathers I have come to know and appreciate in blogland a happy day.  I hope you received a lot of hugs and kisses and honor from your offspring, and I hope the tie you got this year was one you really wanted    And speaking of such ties, those who have ever lived in or around the Memphis area………do any of you have one of those cotton boll ties thst used to be sold exclusively by Oak Court?  They were very pretty ties.  My favorite was the one with a navy background and white cotton bolls.  I gave one to one of my brothers, a brother-in-law, and various friends.  If they were still available, I would send ALL of you one if I could.

To those dads who have made very special personal impacts on me, let me also say I love you and I remember.  Thanks, Daddy, for being who you were…………..a farmer and a mechanic.  A simple man.  One who taught me to work and pay my bills, look the world in the eye, and to like chocolate and coconut!  One the older kids remember as gruff and harsh but, as I grew up, had mellowed and was very tender-hearted.  And he could pick 500 pounds of cotton a day!

Other dads.  My brother-in-law, Leon, whose grown kids miss him terribly.  Being married to my sister who was 15 years older than me, he was almost like a father to me.  My older brother, J.W.  A big brother protector.  My cousin, Webster, who also often filled a fatherly role, encouraging me to be the best I could be.  The elder, Troy, who lived near us and often gave me fatherly advice and helped me grow.  Michael who, to me, is an awesome dad.  The things I see him doing as a dad to Hailey and Emily make me proud.  And they love him totally.

To all of you and to all of them……………Happy Father’s Day.  I’m glad you are part of my life.

TODAY’S SMILES:

1. Lunch after church with Doris and Farris at the Pancake Shop.
2. A nice Sunday afternoon nap.
3. Dinner at Sonic.
4. My goofy but loving church family.
5. Barney.  Ever seen a cat twisting his head around and around trying to keep time with the ceiling fan?  It’ll make you laugh every time.

See you tomorrow night, guys and gals.  Much love to all.