The men in my life that makes my world colorful. To you, Pa...thank you for being my father and a grandpa for Angelina and to you DearPie, thank you for being my husband and a father to our one and only girl Angelina. God Bless! The inseparable father and daughter bonding no matter what! Great is thy faithfullness oh Lord for all these wonderful people around me. An art that they made at school for Dads...something that makes their Dad smile and laught with all the works to be done coupons. At Hawaiian Barbecue for our Pre-Father's Day dinner to avoid the crowd on Sunday. To be honest, the restaurant is just like any to go or fast food restaurant. A friend told us about this place. No regrets, at least I know what it is look like.

Anyway, we're supposed to join a Fathers' Day Picnic at Eldorado Springs but Hubby has this urgency to go to the bathroom all the time and told me to go ahead take our family without him. I was kind of sad leaving him alone on Father's Day. We all agreed to stay home and ate the food that we cooked for our picnic supposedly.  As I always say, for any occasions that don't have an impact to my Hubby, as quick as the lightning, I will be there to join the fun. Family first before others...my motto in life!

HERE'S A GREAT STORY TO TELL...A FATHER'S PROMISE

In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened Armenia, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of utter devastation and chaos, a father left his wife securely at home and rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake. After the traumatic initial shock, he remembered the prmise he made to his son: "No matter what, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to fill his eyes. As he looked at the pile of debris that once was the school, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his commitment to his son.

HE began to concentrate on where he walked his son to class at school each morning. Remembering his son's classroom would be in the back right corner of the building, he rushed there and started digging through the rubble. As he was digging, other forlom parents arrived, clutching their hearts, saying: "My son!" "My daughter!" Other well meaning parents tried to pull him off what was left of the school saying: "It's too late!" "They're dead!" "You can't help!" "Go home!" "Come on face the reality, there's nothing you can do!" "You're just going to make things worse!" To each parent he responded with one line: "Are you going to help me now?" And then he proceeded to dig for his son, stone by stone. The fire chief showed up and tried to pull him off of the school's debris, saying, "Fires are breaking out, explosions are happening everywhere. You're in danger. Well take care of it. Go home." To which this loving, caring Armenian father asked, "Are you going to help me now?"

The police came and said, "You're angry, distraught and it's over. You're endangering others. Go home, we'll handle it!" To which he replied, "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped. Courageously, he proceeded alone because he needed to know himself: "Is my boy alive or is he dead?" he dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a boulder and heard his son's voice. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" he heard back, "DAD!?! It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told 'em that if you were alive, you'd save me and when you saved me, they'd be saved. You promised, 'No matter what, I'll always be there for you!' You did it, Dad!..."What's going on in there? How is it?" the father asked. "There are 14 of us left out of 33 Dad. We're all scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you're here. When the building collapsed, it made a wedge, like a triangle and it saved us." "Come on out, boy!" "No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, 'cause I know you'll get me! No matter what, I know you'll be there for me!"

HAPPY FATHERS' DAY 2009!!!!