My dad worked a lot when I was a kid.
He left early and came home late in the afternoons.
Sometimes he worked on the weekend as well.
As a result we did a lot around the house, chopped wood, ran to the shop when asked, helped mum.
Fathers day being on a Sunday there was always morning mass.
Dad would be up helping to get us ready and off we’d go.
I remember one Father’s Day I asked him what he wanted and he replied he’d like a bit of peace and quiet.
Being very young at the time I thought about this and knowing that my father worked hard but also had a sense of humour, come Father’s Day I presented him with a card with this inscription:
A BIT OF:
PECE
&
QIET
Thankfully he did see the joke. I made mention that the next year I’d give him the missing bits and so he’d get some again the next year. Once a year seemed to please him.
Written for: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/tale-weaver-18-fathers-in-a-flash/
Morpethroad 
Very clever & thoughtful kid 🙂
Thank you C.C. He was but had a weird sense of humour.
Awww how sweet this is!
Thank you Yves, have a great day…
You too!
Your wicked sense of humour would have been a hit with my dad, too! Great story and an early happy father’s day to you.
Thank you maybe I could celebrate it twice do you think, I could celebrate this weekend with you guys and in September with my Australian family…..
Is Australian father’s day different — other than the date?
I get to have 2 Thanksgivings. The Canadian one in October, and the American in November. No wonder by Christmas I’m sick of turkey. 😉
We have our FD the first Sunday in September
I wonder why the difference. Which is being contrary?
Obviously you folk.
I like that–very sweet and tender, clever kid.
Thank you Dell, I was, I am…..oh dear that does sound a tad conceited doesn’t it……but I’m humble as well.
No, you don’t sound conceited at all–very sweet.
Its the sugar you know…..
I like sugar; it’s the real thing unlike saccharine…. a sense of humor is very attractive to me, even when it is a bit quirky. I agree completely with this quote (she was married to Paul Newman, btw, in case you didn’t know) Joanne Woodward — “Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that is a treat.”
Oh yes Debi a woman who can do the same is priceless as well. Thanks for stopping by.
Most dads here in the US get a pair of black socks or an ugly tie for FD. I’ll bet most would relish the thought of a little Pece and Qite! 😀
Lol I wonder…..thanks for the comment……my FD is in September.
I hope you have a good one, Michael!
I get looked after…..lucky aren’t I.