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This amazing giveaway hop thanks to MamatheFox is all about the dads. For those you don’t already know my dad passed away in 2000. He spent eight months battling congestive heart failure. He had been on the transplant list only to be taken off because his diabetes got out of control. It was hard on all of us especially my mother. 

I have so many wonderful memories of my dad. He was our biggest champion and always so proud. One time I got Employee of the Month at work and didn’t tell anyone. When he found out he came in to see my picture and honestly you would have thought I cured cancer with how proud he was. He always told us we could do anything. He would get up on weekends occasionally and say we needed to take a trip. He was a huge military history buff and we have been to most battle sites all over the world. We went to see the Memphis Belle, Auschwitz, Gettysburg, you name it and he took us if he could. We would get up and drive for hours for so many different things. Things we spent the day doing and then drive home. He would get up in the middle of the night and say lets go to Walmart. It drove my mother up a wall sometimes. Now, looking back I wouldn’t trade those moments for all the money in the world.

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  1. I don’t have any memories of my dad. he passed when I was little. i had a step dad that i loved very much. my favorite memory of him is everyday i would go out when i heard him coming home. I would meet him at his truck and i would help bring in his stuff and we would talk. it would be our private time hanging out.

  3. My favorite memory would have to be the one where my dad taught us how to boggy board in the ocean for the very first time! I can still remember his laugh to this day!

  5. My Dad polished his shoes most every morning when I was a child. I would sometimes do the “buffing” for him, and my reward would be a sip of his coFFEE, which made me feel so grown up!

  7. Taking family vacations growing up were always lots of fun and no one had to worry about work or school.

  8. my fAVORITE MEMORY IS GOING ON HOLIDAYS EVERY YEAR WITH HIM, HE WAS RETIRED AND LIKE TO TRAVEL BUT NEVER WANTED TO GO ALONE, SUCH GREAT BONDING TIME

  9. My father had a pilot’s license and he used to take me flying in a Cessna that belonged to a friend of his. That is my favorite memory!

  11. I always enjoyed the talks I had with my father. He was a very wise man. We had a good time going to University of Houston basketball games together.

  13. My daddy and I traveled around area churches and sang southern gospel together. We harmonized so well together.. I miss those days!!

  14. I have so many memories of my dad. I used to love to go fishing and yard sale-ing with him! I miss him so much!

  15. One of my favorite memories is when I was young my dad would take my brother and I fishing quite often. he would be so patient, baiting my hook and taking fish off the hook for me. In years, I caught many fish with my Dad, but I don’t think that I ever baited a hook or took a fish off a hook.

  16. My mom and dad went to the casino on Father’s Day and he won $800. That was a nice amount for him and he was so happy!

  18. My dad was a professional photographer. I loved working in the darkroom with him and going on nature hikes to take photos. He was my best friend.

  19. I have so many memories! One comes to mind is our trip to get tickets for the rolling stones then actually being there with both of my parents.

  20. My father spent time with each of his children one on one and enjoyed the time together. He was a wonderful man that I miss so much.

  21. My favorite memory with my dad was traveling to cancun Mexico. we went snorkeling, played laser tag and I got my hair braided with beads and everything!

  22. My favorite memory of my father is when he took me on an camping / fishing trip. It was just the two of us and he cooked over the campfire. It was a great time for just the two of us.

  25. I don’t have many memories of my Father. He wasn’t around very much in my life.

  27. Though not a fisherman, my dad did everything to teach me to fish and was there the first time I caught one when fishing the river.

  29. Every summer my dad liked to take the family to a fair called the cne. It was something all of us looked forward to and many memories were created.

  31. MY DAD ALWAYS TOOK THE KIDS WITH HIM EVERY NIGHT WHEN HE WENT TO VISIT HIS PARENTS. IT WAS OUR TIME TO TALK AND LAUGH.

  32. i don’t have any memories of my father. he left before i was even born.

  33. He used to help coach my soccer team when I was younger, and those are some good memories.

  36. every year on vacation my dad would play baseball and it was like he was transformed back into a young man!

  39. One of the best memories i have with my dad is when I was 12 he started working the swing shift and he started keeping weird hours. Every Saturday night he would let me stay up and wait until he came home at midnight. Together we would watch old black and white horror movies together until we fell asleep. it was our special time.

  41. My dad passed away in 1988 at age 50 from brain cancer. I have one particular memory that always makes me laugh. My dad, mom, brother and I were getting ready to go out. My dad was sitting on a chair in the kitchen, bent over, putting his shoes on. I was leaning up against the counter. My mom was in the bedroom. dad asked mom how long she would be because he had to stop and get gas. to that, she answered, ‘for what?’. My dad looked up at me, rolled his eyes, and said, ‘for my airplane’. It was so funny. In defense of my mom, my dad did have a chainsaw that he might have needed gas for. My dad was a kind and loving man, never raised his voice and, to my brother and I, was absolutely the best dad anyone could have ever wished for. I try not to think of him as gone, only…until we meet again……

  43. I was lucky enough to have 2 great fathers. My stepfather who loved and raised me like his own and my dad who has always been there for me. One of my best memories is both of them coming to my graduation and cheering for me.

  44. My FAvorite memory is dancing with my dad at a father/daughter dance. He was so sweet about it although I know he was uncomfortable and not a dancer at all!

  45. my favorite memory of my dad is when we were young, he’d play baseball in the yard with us

  49. My Dads work had annual canada day Bbqs. They were always so much fun with games, food, rides

  55. My favorite memories of my dad are when he would take the whole family camping 🙂

  56. One of my favorite memories was riding bikes together around the lake in my dad’s gated community.

  61. My dad died when I was 12. He worked on the railroad and I remember him taking me to the yard and riding the engines as they pushed the cars around to the various freight trains.

  62. My dad taking us to the shore and showing me and my sisters the little crabs that live under the rocks.

  63. My fav memory of my dad is his nickname for me: cookie. He gave this name to me because of my sweet tooth.

  64. UNFORTUNATELY, I don’t have many memories of my father. but my husband is an excellent dad!

  67. My fAVOURITE MEMORY OF MY FATHER WAS WHEN HE WOULD TAKE ME AND MY SISTERS TO THE PARK AND PUSH US ON THE SWING. iT WAS SO MUCH FUN. hE WOULD GIVE US ‘UNDER-DUCKS’ AND WE WOULD SCREAM IN DELIGHT.

  69. He loved to grill out whole hogs for a nice barbecue for family gathers. The guys would help him and then ladies fix the side dishes. Always turned out some great family time.

  73. My favorite memory of my father was sitting next to him at the dinner table while we ate, he used to always cut my corn off the cob for me. He did that until i left the house when i was 19.

  74. One of my most memorable dad momEnts was when He tried to show my brother and i how to remove an in-ground wasp nest. He dumped copious amounts of gasoline in thE hole, lit it on fire, and nearly blew up our camper trailer.

    • My favorite memory of my father is him playing footbal, kickball, and having water gun fights with me and my friends growing up in the summer.

  81. My favorite memory is going fishing and camping with my father. We had a great time

  84. Well, to be honest, I never had a relationship with my dad and now he’s passed on. however, I do remember how happy I was that he actually showed up to my wedding! I guess that’s my favorite memory.

  85. I don’t really have a relationship with my father ANYMORE but i remember he used to play the piano & i liked that.

  86. I remember how he used to pretend he was a horse and we would ride on his back, while he was on his hands and knees. He would make horsey noises and pretend to try bucking us off. So fun!

  87. Some of my favorite memories of My father are when he would take me trick or treating as a child. He always planned out exactly where we would go so We could earn the most candy possible.

  90. I have so many awesome memories of my dad, it’s hard to pick just one! I think my fave would be when I was four or five and he took me on my first motorcycle ride around the block. He was so excited but so worried I’d be scared. He pulled over because I was screaming but I was yelling at him to go faster. Lol. That was a proud dad moment when he noticed I was having the time of my life, love remembering the look on his face when he turned around. 🙂

  91. I grew up on a farm and had two ponies. we usually tethered them along the ditch on the side of the road. my job was to water them twice a day as well as to move them to a different spot twice a day. one spring morning dad woke me up at 6 a.m. and told me one of the ponies had gotten loose. I stumbled out of bed, got dressed and then realized it was april fool’s day. dad was quite the jokester.

  92. My dad and I would take a boat out on the bay and hang out for the day it was always so much fun to do.

  97. My parents were divorced when i was a baby. i grew up about 3 hours from my dad. i would spend most of every summer with him. one summer 2 of my brothers and I rode with my dad to go summer. my dad stopped at the gas station on the way home and bought a coors light. garth brooks song ‘friends in low places’ came on the radio. we blasted the radio and we were singing the song at the top of our lungs to my dad when he came out of the gas station. he laughed so hard. we still get a kick out of that memory.

  98. I have great memories of dancing in the car (in our seats) to a song called At The Hop!

  99. I really liked him teaching me how to cook, and when we played video games together, as well as vacations.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  103. My favorite memory is going fishing with my dad and catching tadpoles and crawfish.

  104. My favorite memories of my father are when he would throw the football or play basketball with me.

  105. When He’d take me fishing. Then we made a fire and cooked them right away. Very fun.
    Thanks for the contest.

  107. My dad drove a semi over night and occasionally on Friday I would ride with him on the 6+ hour round trip.

  110. I remember watching a lot of star trek (the original series and the next generation) with him on his rare time off work.

  114. I remember my dad always taking me togo roller skating and he would allow me to bring some friends.

  115. I don’t really have memories of my dad. everything i know about him is what i was told by my family. he died of throat cancer when i was 8 and the last time i saw him alive is when i was 4. i do remember him saying he loved me the last time i spoke to him on the phone, so i guess i can say that’s my favorite memory.

  116. I have a lot of great memories of times with my dad and hope to have a lot more. however, some of my favorites were when we participated in community theater together.

  117. we used to go on great camping trips together. It was so nice just to talk around the camp fire

  120. My dad yelling “ready, teddy, go!” and racing my down the street to our house. Somehow I always won!

  122. One of my FAVORite memories of my father is waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom as a child and finding my dad sitting at the KITCHEN table drawing with his charcoal or pastels. I would watch him from the doorway to the kitchen and he hardly ever noticed me. I loved seeing him in his creative zone.

  123. My favorite memory was going fishing with my Dad. We would get up early, stop for breakfast and drive to the lake. He would put the worm on my hook because I wouldn’t touch the worm. We didn’t catch a lot of fish but I enjoyed sitting with him and talking.

  124. Spending Saturdays together by going fishing and watching him do the same with my children.

  125. My favorite memory of my father is when we were little pushed him in the pool as payback for pushing us in. he would pretend we were overpowering him, and we were so little we fell for it.

  126. When I was younger we would watch wrestling together or go fishing or play video games and he would tuck me in at night. I miss my dad. My step mom threw me out on my 16th birthday so I haven’t talked to my dad since then. : (

  127. My favorite memory of my father was when I was 5 years old, he was sitting and I was behind him, playing with his hair the way kids do sometimes. Then I got really worried because I thought he had a bone growing out the top of his head. “DADDY! YOU HAVE A BONE GROWING OUT THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD!” I exclaimed. And, that is the first time my father realized he was going bald lol.

  130. I have way too many memories with my father to pick just one. Let’s see-playing in our pool growing up, our family vacations, etc.

  131. One of my favorite memories of my dad, and of spending time with him, is Saturday mornings. (I’d be with him on the weekends.) On Saturday morning we’d wake up early and walk down to this great little diner on the corner (I thought that crepes were so fancy!), and a bit later we’d walk to my gymnastics class. Then, we’d walk up to the city’s wonderful farmer’s market. It was always a gorgeous time.

  133. My dad made a drawing of a car when I was really young and I thought it was the greatest thing.