What is your most memorable encounter with your father?

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Re: What is your most memorable encounter with your father?

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This is a hard one. My dad and I have always had an odd relationship. I think my most memorable one is when I was pretty little, about seven or eight. It was the first time my dad had ever yelled at me. I did something stupid and dangerous around a horse and he started yelling, which resulted in me running away and hiding somewhere so I could burst into tears without him seeing. He was so surprised that he tracked me down as quick as he could and apologized for going crazy on me. We shared coffee and cuddles for the rest of the day.

This was about the time that I resisted all forms of affection that I didn't initiate. I think both dad and I scared each other so much that all the rules went out the window. No coffee for the seven year old. No cuddles from the seven year old. Looking back I can definitely say that was the day I realized that adults could get scared too.
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I think the thing I remember fondest was just sitting on these stairs that went down to his office and talking about life. My dad always got me in a way my mom didn't even though I spent a ton of time with her and hardly any with him. I have missed those talks ever since I moved out and the way he would tell it to me straight.
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That is a really difficult question to answer. Probably when my grandmom, his mother, was dying. I remember him calling me at college and telling me I needed to come home. He met me at the bus station. He took me to right to her. I was the last of her granddaughters to get there. He held my hand while I said good-bye to her.
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It was actually a whole school year's worth of encounters for me. Every morning before dropping me off at school, my dad and I would get donuts at Basha's. He would have coffee and I would have one of those apple juices that came in the short, glass containers. He would tell me about cotton farming and I would talk to him about second grade. Almost 25 years later, he doesn't remember it as well as I do. That time spent with my dad meant a lot to me.
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My dad helped me with an essay in Grade 6, which was selected as the best essay that year.
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Wow where to begin. My dad is an awesome father. I'm so blessed to have him in my life. There are so many memories, I don't know which one is the best.

I guess one that stands out is when I fainted outside the doctors building. I can't handle needles and I had to do some blood tests. My mom was still closing the door to the building. And I just collapsed. All I remember was my dad picking me up and putting me in the car.

I was 18 then, and I still thought how awesome my daddy is. Till this day he still helps me when I need it.
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My most memorable time with my dad is also the saddest memory of my life. That was when I told him that my mom had died.
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My most memorable moment with my dad is when he taught my siblings and I how to ride bikes and skate. My dad loves being outdoors so I was always outside playing with my siblings.
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I love my dad. When I was 11 my family started building a new house across town. He expected me and my siblings to put in our share of the work. I learned the basics of how to pour concrete, frame a house, hang drywall, lay tile, and texture walls. It was hard and I gave up a lot of weekends with friends. The knowledge I have and the memories I've created working side by side with my family is invaluable. I'm forever thankful for my dad and his knowledge of how good hard work can shape a person and having the patience to allow an 11 year old learn, make mistakes, and grow.
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a boy in the neighborhood always bully me on the road but when my dad got to know i was scared of going to thatarea on an errand,he told me to man up and face him.i didn't know he was looking at me and following me with his eyes from the roof top in case the boy comes out.i was able to face the boy later on.
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I still have a clear image in my head of seeing my Dad standing on the steps to the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Canada on a cloudy day, wearing a dark raincoat. My mom says I would have been only 3 at that time and yet, it is still a very strong memory.
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I remember very clearly when my mother had to go out of town for some months and most of the household chores were my responsibility. One day my father saw me doing some work in cold water. It was December. From the next day onward when i woke up i found that he did all the house hold chores before going to the office. Now looking back i always had tears in my eyes how he used to take care of me.
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My dad and I were close. Growing up, I connected with him more than my mom for some reason. One memory that stands out is him talking to me at 17 years old about abstinence and how wonderful that could be....& he did it in a non-judgmental way.
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i and my dad were no quite close since i was a kid, we actually really love ourselves but we were blind by our pride. i always regret not been close with him i usually love seeing a man playing with his kids
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I am the first child to my parents and so my dad just wanted to teach me everything and let me do things my mom would cringe at the thought of. He worked as a mechanic in the army and would often take me to work with him and even got me a little army uniform when I was around 10 years old. He gave me a broom stick and said I could hit any of the soldiers with it who wasn't working and was slacking.

He also let me sit at the very front of his old bayliner and hang on to the metal piece (the thing you tie the rope to when docking) without a life jacket as he drove it around really fast. He took me to tae Kwon do classes every day and encouraged me to be strong, independent, and gave me permission to kick boys' butts with every thing I had in me.
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