Father's Day Gifts

Every year at this time we celebrate Father's Day. My Dad is no longer here but I think of him very often. I can still see his face when I do something that's not right ,or when I need advice, I hear his voice. When my brothers and sisters were young we used to get Dad gifts, most were things he would never find a use for, but he was always appreciative of them. He would always tell us that the best gift we could give him was to be good kids and don't get in trouble, get good grades and make something of ourselves.
I am the father of a son and a daughter. I used to get all those same kind of gifts that I had a hard time finding uses for. I found myself repeating my Father's words to my children, be good, get good grades, make something of yourself. The best gift a Father can receive, is for his children to follow his advice.
On this Father's day, my daughter and son, will go crazy trying to find something I can use. What they don't know is that they have given me what every father wants. They are very successful, they are college graduates, they make decent money, they have good jobs, and most of all they have become productive citizens of our society. They have followed their father's advice. They have no idea how proud I am of them, how they have matured into a fine young man and a fine young woman. Every where I go I receive compliments from
people who have met them. They tell me what great kids they are, polite and sociable and mannerly. They tell me how lucky I am. The thing is I know it.
So this Father's Day, I will accept their gifts and try to find a use for them, and I will look at them and politely say thanks. When I go to sleep at night, I will smile to myself and thank God for the best father's day gift one could get,
a son and a daughter who are the pride and joy of my life.