Dad Father
Dad Father
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 Gund Raymond Fathers Day Bear 12  US $11.00
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 Gund Fathers Day Message Bear 10 US $9.25
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 1996 Brass Premiere Button Collection Sherwood Bears Handcrafted Fully Jointed US $.99
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 ME TO YOU FATHERS DAY PHOTO FRAME BEST DAD IN THE WORLD FREE UK DELIVERY US $15.79
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 VERMONT Teddy Bear SUPER HERO DAD 16 Plush w BIV Eyes US $25.94
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 FATHERS DAY DADS TRAVEL SERVICE WE DRIVE AROUND TILL US $6.00
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 Vintage Fathers Day Bear I Love Dad Emotions 1986Mattel US $35.99
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 Me to You Tatty Teddy Bear 6 in Best Dad T Shirt US $15.79
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 Cherished Teddies My Dads The Best Deserves The Rest European Excl NIB US $42.95
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 Plush Golf Bear Golfer w Clubs Happy Fathers Day Dad US $24.99
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 Me To You Fathers Day Cards US $3.08
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 Cherished Teddies I Love Dad Dad Loves Me Girl SIGNED US $25.99
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 Cherished Teddies I Love Dad Dad Loves Me Boy SIGNED US $25.99
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 CHERISHED TEDDIES I LOVE DAD Fathers day 2004 Retd US $23.69
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 Gund Kiefer Fathers Day Bear 12 US $18.99
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 Love Much Chester Dad Travel Boyds Bears Resin Figurine Teddy Father Kids BNIB US $28.00
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 Vintage 1986 Applause Plush 12 Taffy w Tie Beary Special Dad Father Bear Korea US $24.99
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 CHERISHED TEDDIES REST RELAX ENJOY THE DAY Fathers Day 2012 US $56.89
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 Bill Cosby Bear ComedianSigned T Shirt US $500.00
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 Cherished Teddies Father Is The Bearer Of Strength Teddy Bear 35 Dad 624888 US $5.92
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 The BEARON Family Unit of 5 Collectible Holiday Bears US $14.99
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 The Bearon Family Special Colectors Edition Jointed Teddy Bear 1992 US $99.99
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 Cherished Teddies Dad You Help My Dreams Take FlightNIB US $34.95
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 BOYDS BEARS A Time to Remember Mother Father Child NWT US $15.96
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 Wooden TEDDY TEDDIE BEAR family of 4 Debbie Cook 1983 US $30.00
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 Cherished Teddies Father Son Figurine 4007737 NIB US $22.50
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 Best Dad Tie Teddy Bear good Daddy Fathers Day Gift S US $14.79
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 I Love Dad Tie Teddy Bear good Daddy Fathers Day Gift S US $14.79
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 CHERISHED TEDDIES DAD FOR ALL YOU DO Fathers Day US $31.60
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 Me To You Tatty Teddy Bear Love U Dad Fathers Day Gift US $26.62
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 Me To You Tatty Teddy Bear Best Dad Fathers Day Gift US $26.62
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 STARBUCKS COFFEES COLLECTIBLE BEARISTA 58TH EDITION US $5.00
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 Fathers Day Build a Bear Plush Striped Tabby W Baby US $24.55
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 CHERISHED TEDDIE DAD GUIDES WITH LOVE 112455 IN BOX US $14.79
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 CHERISHED TEDDIE DAD YOU ARE DUE FOR A HUG 203459 MINT IN BOX US $29.58
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 Cherished Teddies When I Need A Hug I Run To Dad NIB US $20.95
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 GUND GRANDPA T SHIRT BEAR 12 NWT US $12.00
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 GUND DAD T SHIRT BEAR 12 NWT US $12.00
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 CHERISHED TEDDIE DREAMS TAKE FLIGHT FATHERS DAY FIGURINE 4007737 MINT IN BOX US $42.41
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 God Bless Dad Holy Bear 9 US $7.00
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 Guardian Angel DAD Briefcase Teddy BEAR Cottage Collectibles GANZ FREE SHPN US $25.01
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 Happy Fathers Day Beary Best Day Teddy Bear US $17.79
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 BEARINGTON BEARS BEARY BEST DAD FATHERS DAY US $13.00
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 Cherished Teddies Dad Help Dreams Take Flight viic3 741 US $15.00
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 Fathers Day Build A Bear With Baby Bear US $.99
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 Boyds Bears Teddy Storytime 2004 Resin Figure US $4.95
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EVERY DAD IS A RESERVOIR OF POWER
Dads have power and this power is God-given. This power enables them to bless, build, encourage, teach, motivate and provide direction to their children to enable them succeed in life. This power is perverted by some dads when they physically, emotionally and sexually abuse their children thereby crippling them for life. Many dads are not even aware of this power; and this leads to passive involvement in the lives of their children. Such children are left at the mercy of fate with very little input from their dads.
Fathers in the Old Testament [Judaic Tradition] were aware of this power and deployed it in blessing their children at the point of their death. Such blessings or curses at the point of death followed their children since they believed what they pronounced on their children would come to pass. In Genesis 27:27-29, Isaac blessed Jacob and his words are still working on Jacob’s descendants- the Nation of Israel till today. In Genesis 49, Jacob blessed his children as his last dying act and what he said about each tribe came to pass.
The power in a Father resides in his utterances as well as the example of his life. In Proverbs 18:21, the Bible says “Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruits.” Mind your utterances as you relate to your children; do not use swear or curse words such as “You will never amount to anything” because it may come to pass.
Children by their very nature are gullible and believe whatever their Dad tells them. They try to live up to their father’s expectation of them especially when there is a good father-child relationship. A positive Dad who frequently tells his child, you “can do it” will bring the best out of his child, because his child believes what he says.
July 2002 edition of the Readers Digest had a picture of the United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, age 9 taken in front of the White House gate in Washington DC. Notwithstanding being born in Birmingham Alabama, the heart of racial segregation in 1954, her parents told her she could be the President of the United States if she so desired. This was at a time she could not enter Wal-Mart to get a burger because of her colour. Her father remembered her saying at the time the picture was taken that she would want to be in the White house one day. It became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
My own Father Daniel Obukohwo Olotu, expressed an uncommon faith in God when he declared early in 1973 that I would gain admission to study Medicine that very year. I saw his wish as a tall dream because my family finances were modest at that time and the competition for university admission was very stiff. His wish came to pass when my performance at my School Leaving Certificate Examination earned me a scholarship to study Medicine at the University of Lagos in 1973. As a teenager of 17, I was a total stranger to the powers inherent in the words of a father. I have been exercising this same power over my children with unbelievable positive results.
As a Dad, tap in to this reservoir of power and shape the life of your child or children for good; the world is waiting for the manifestation of all that your child is endowed with.
This article was written by Dr Francis Edo Olotu, a Medical Practitioner, Author, Family Counselor and the host of the blog Empowering Dads. Visit and leave your comments at www.empoweringdads.wordpress.com
About the Author
Dr Francis Edo Olotu is the Medical Director of Christ Hospital, Ondo. He is also a family counselor who regularly counsels married persons and administers pre-marriage counseling to couples about to marry in his home church of St John Bosco Catholic Church Ondo. He is a frequently featured speaker in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He is married to Catherine and their marriage is blessed with four children in the age bracket of twelve to twenty two. Dr Olotu is the author of the following books: The Amazing Power in Fatherhood; Releasing the Power in Fatherhood as well as Your Guide to Cancer Prevention.
What else to get my dad for father's day?
I'm planning on making a tomato-onion salad for father's day. I know it doesn't sound like much, but i'm not very good at cooking and i want to show him i really put some effort into his gift. I will be making it all by myself, and will be using tomatoes and basil that we have grown in our own garden right here at home. What else should i get him? Something that he will be able to keep, and will be sentimental, please. Not something else that will go straight to his stomach. Thanks!
A Swiss Army knife?
I'm partial to the models that call "Camping" and "Sportsman", myself, but they have lots. If he doesn't drink, getting him one with a corkscrew is a waste of effort. There should be a wide variety at your local mall, if it has a knife shop. Most hardware stores carry a smaller selection.
The salad sounds darned good.
Here's a story about Alice Waters, who founded Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley. It is consistently rated in the top 10 in the SF Bat area.
She was explaining once how she insists on the finest ingredients, prepared simply. (In her case, she owns 10 acres of garden in Sonoma County, and has a restaurant employee whose sole job it is to plant, tend and harvest what she wants to serve in the restaurant in 2 - 6 months. It is organic, and if she wants a dozen kinds of heirloom tomatoes, her gardener says, "Yes ma'am. I'll find the seeds somewhere and they will be ready in 3 - 4 months.")
The newspaper reporter said "Good grief - all that is is shopping".
She brightened and said, "Yes".
I had a platter once; 8 slices, one from each kind of heirloom tomato, served with some garlic mayonnaise (ailoi?) and nothing else. I remember how good they were today, 25 years later.
Don't disparage your cooking skills. The finest ingredients - and there is NOTHING finer than a homegrown tomato - prepared simply, is a feast fit for a king.
Dad, Thanks For Not Pulling Out! (A Father's Day Tribute)
