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Contributed by: Gina Bogacki on 6/13/2006

Father's Day. It's a holiday that only comes once a year but should come around more often. It's not a day for the kids, like most of the holidays celebrate these years, but a day to honor fathers everywhere, because us kids know they deserve it atleast once.
When I was little I never really understood the importance of Father's Day. It was a day of the year where we would be nice to daddy and wake up extra early to makehim his breakfast that usually consisted of coffee that was too strong for his liking and burnt toast with our favorite sugary cereal. But my dad would just eat it and pretend it was cooked by a five star resturant. And trust me that was extremely hard for him to do because even to this dayI burn the toast (and I'm in high school!).
But I have to say through the years I owe my dad more than words can say. In my eyes he's the best father anyone could ever have. Let me eleborate.
When I was a little girl in elementary school, I loved to do anything that daddy would do. If daddy wanted to go to Home Depot I was right there with him in passenger seat. But somehow we'd always end up buying more items than the one we were supposed to buy. I would ask him if we could buy flowers and even if we weren't supposed to because mommy would yell at us later, he'd always buy me them.Those years he built swingsets, kissed boo-boos, read bed time stories and fought off the monsters under the bed. I even submitted a picture into the news paper one Father's Day of my dad and I flying a kite. I colored him purple because it was my favorite color then. He was the one who taught me how to fly a kite and I looked up to him. He was a real hero in my eyes and I wanted to grow up to be just like him.
Then came middle school years. In sixth grade we were still close but I wasn't "daddy's little girl" anymore. I was a teenager and I didn't want to be known as daddy's little girl. It sounded insulting to a sixth grader. I mean this was the big time! Having lockers, walking to your classes without teachers taking youthere and being able to walk home without mommy and daddy. I remember my dad would always say "Let's go do something this weekend," but I'd always make up an excuse because I didn't want to be seen hanging out with my parents. It was too childish and it was "uncool". But my dad never stopped trying. And when I'd have a bad day in school and come home yelling at him because he asked me to do something, he'd do them for me and bring in some cookies later on to help me feel better.
Then there was the stage where the children don't talk to their parents anymore. Some parents might yell at their children, but my dad wouldn't. He was always there for me to get me out of a tight situation in school or when I had a fight with my younger brother who could really be a pain in the bum. But I never asked him to do this and I never thanked him because when you were that age, you didn't want help. You wanted to do things on your own. You wanted to be an adult.But my dad never gave up. Sure we didn't have the picturesque "perfect family moments" then, but it worked out all the same. He treated me with respect those years but up to a degree. When I wanted to "date" a boy in eight grade, he said no. In my eyes it wasn't fair! I really liked the kid and why couldn't I? But my dad had his reasons, even though he never told me. And every time I asked to go somewhere at night with a friend of mine I had to be home by nine. I didn't like it but I couldn't argue with him or else the time would be cut shorter or I wouldn't go at all.
Looking back on it I realized what he was doing. It wasn't that he didn't trust me but he didn't want me to think I was all that and more. I was still in middle school and he saw that I was walking around likeI owned the world! And he didn't want me to grow up like that. So he kept things to a limit. I also think he did some things because he didn't want me growing up too fast and to loose his little girl. I think if wasn't for him those rough early teenage years I wouldn't be as happy and thankful as I am right now.
Currently, I'm in highschool. My dad and I are closer than in middle school but not as to where we were in elementary school. I miss itand I know he does, but we accept how close we are today. We go fishing, he takes me driving and I beat him at video games. But he's always been by my side whether I wanted him there or not. It was because of him I'm not into drugs and alcohol and never will. It's because of him I accept simple pleasures in life. It's because of him I am who I am today. And it's because of him that I have a life.
So I thank my father for everything he's ever done for me. Because I see it was for the better. And no matter what happens these last couple of years before I finish up highschool, move out of the house, go to college and get married, that I will always be his little girl. And I will always look at him as my hero.

My name is Gina Bogacki and I'm going to be in tenth grade next year at Jensen Beach High School. Falcons! My dad's name is Charles but we just call him Chuck. I love to write and I recenlty wrote a book. I can't cook and I love music. I've lived in Stuart all my life and I love it here. And that's all folks!

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Submitted By: Chuck Bogacki

posted on 6/14/2006 @ 6:44:05 PM

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Thank You YourHub.com. I am on the Top of the World after reading my daughter Gina's article. I want to wish all the other Father's, A Happy Father's Day.

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