Dad's Garden Gloves
You rest in a small pine box
In the back of your garage
Frayed fingertips
Soiled grassy green
And earth-stained brown
During spring renewal
Remnants of your work
Continue to thrive
In your small patch of earth
Your living legacy
You served us well
May you dig your slumber
The Apostrophe Debate: Is it Father’s Day, Fathers’ Day, or Fathers Day?
This is exactly the sort of question my dad and his siblings would have debated for far longer than necessary.
Someone would confidently state the answer. Someone else would disagree. A third person would claim to remember learning the correct version in school. Before long, a simple family gathering would turn into an impromptu grammar symposium.
Settling the Debate
For the record, the official holiday is Father’s Day, singular possessive. Apparently, that’s what the founders of the holiday settled on.
Of course, that would never have stopped anyone in my family from arguing the point. Knowing the correct answer was rarely enough to end a discussion. In fact, discovering the truth often seemed less important than enjoying the debate.
Maybe that’s one of the things I miss most. Not the arguments themselves, but the conversations they inspired.
What about your family? Was there a topic, question, or tradition that sparked the same discussion every time you gathered together? Share your story in the comments below.
