Sunday, June 20 is Father’s Day, but many of our writers didn’t need a holiday to share memories of their fathers.

Lies I tell my Daddy.  Carole E. Trainor dives into the pool of emotions that accompany visiting Dad in the nursing home.  “I tell him that soon I am going to build a house for all of us–for all of his children, and him.” His Shirt and Tie, January 19, 2005.

A labour of love.  Shirley Barg shares excerpts of her father’s memoirs in this three-part series.  “My father, Peter Kutsak, turned 83 last January. Eight years ago, he sat down in front of a computer for the very first time in his life and taught himself how to use Word Perfect.”  Sharing the Memoirs of My Father’s Life, July 24, 2002.