LOL, yes my boys bring me flowers and we BBQ

We always went out to eat and gave my dad presents...pretty traditional. My dad passed over 18 years ago, and my mom remarried a few years later. She just couldn't understand for a while why I didn't want to go out for father's day with my stepdad. I went out one time, but it just didn't feel right. My stepsister feels the same about mother's day. Her dad isn't my dad, and my mom isn't her mom. She does her own thing with her daughter's for mother's day. I take flowers to the cemetery.

No, my family did not have any specific traditions for Father's Day celebration when my dad was still alive. At that time these traditions have not got on yet especially in small towns. We had no impressions of such a celebration. My father has passed away about 24 years ago.

No; beyond a card and an incidental gift!

Yes, I miss my father every Father's Day and wish he was still her so I could celebrate it with him. . On the other hand, my husband becomes King Daddy for the day; LOL! He gets and does whatever he wants that day...come to think of it, it's not all that different from other days, just minus the gifts and the card!

Not since the year before my father passed away.

Add to any gift a list of the reasons why you appreciate him. Perhaps have it inscribed on a wall plague. Please don't get a joke card. In my 20+ years of working with fathers, it has been rare that a joke card that makes fun of his abilities is really appreciated. I wrote this to "Dear Abby" for Father's Day, March 19, 2005. APPRECIATION FOR JOB WELL DONE IS WHAT FATHERS WANT TO HEAR DEAR ABBY: Today is Father's Day, so why don't we try to do more for dear old Dad than give him the usual greeting card that promotes the idea that all dads are imbeciles, followed by a collect call to see what he thought of the card. (Father's Day is the day when the most collect calls are made.) We should treat our fathers the way we treat our mothers on Mother's Day and show them we appreciate them for being there. Yes, you probably tell your father all the time that you love him, but the minds of men work differently. Anyone can say "I love you," but as men, knowing that we are appreciated for a job well done is what really gets us teary-eyed. Something else you can do -- especially you sons out there (but daughters can do it, too) -- is to make sure Dad has been to the doctor for a checkup, including depression screening. This can go a long way toward making sure he's here on Father's Day next year. I wasn't raised by my father, but by a stepfather. Although we did not see eye-to-eye on many things, I would not be the person I am today if it were not for him. This man, who spent years climbing on top of heavy construction equipment to prepare the ground for many of the homes, businesses, roads and highways of Southern California, now finds it difficult to get into a car. Although none of the houses or roads have his name on them, they are all testaments to his life and the lives of men like him. So today, let's do something extra for Dad, without him pulling out his wallet to pay for it. -- George McCasland, Overland Park, Kansas *************************************************************** Remember, there's a lot of us fathers sitting in nursing homes whose children live too far away to visit. Contact an activities director about volunteering Sunday morning. Read a list out loud about why you appreciated your father.