{"id":625,"date":"2010-06-18T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/?p=625"},"modified":"2010-06-18T12:19:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T17:19:10","slug":"fathers-day-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/2010\/06\/18\/fathers-day-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Father&#039;s Day is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"container\" style=\"text-align: center\"><!-- Header Branding --><\/div>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"content_col1\"><!-- Secondart Navigation --><\/div>\n<div id=\"content_col2\">\n<div id=\"content_main\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/images\/calendars\/icon\/0620.gif\" alt=\"Calendar Day\" width=\"130\" height=\"90\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Father&#8217;s Day<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">What Makes A Dad<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"font-size: small\">God took the strength of a mountain,<br \/>\nThe majesty of a tree,<br \/>\nThe warmth of a summer sun,<br \/>\nThe calm of a quiet sea,<br \/>\nThe generous soul of nature,<br \/>\nThe comforting arm of night,<br \/>\nThe wisdom of the ages,<br \/>\nThe power of the eagle&#8217;s flight,<br \/>\nThe joy of a morning in spring,<br \/>\nThe faith of a mustard seed,<br \/>\nThe patience of eternity,<br \/>\nThe depth of a family need,<br \/>\nThen God combined these qualities,<br \/>\nWhen there was nothing more to add,<br \/>\nHe knew His masterpiece was complete,<br \/>\nAnd so, He called it &#8230; Dad<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Author is unknown<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To honor the father in your family, work together to make one of these special homemade gifts: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/familycrafts.about.com\/cs\/fathersdaycrafts\/?once=true&amp;\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/familycrafts.about.com\/cs\/fathersdaycrafts\/?once=true&amp;\">http:\/\/familycrafts.about.com\/cs\/fathersdaycrafts\/?once=true<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some other ideas for Father&#8217;s Day crafts:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/crafts.kaboose.com\/holidays\/fathers-day\/<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><!-- End Monitor Tracking Variables  --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father&#8217;s Day What Makes A Dad God took the strength of a mountain, The majesty of a tree, The warmth of a summer sun, The calm of a quiet sea, The generous soul of nature, The comforting arm of night, The wisdom of the ages, The power of the eagle&#8217;s flight, The joy of a  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/2010\/06\/18\/fathers-day-is-here\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Father&#039;s Day is here! 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