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Mainers treasure fathers' advice
by Outspoken on Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:33 am
Mainers treasure fathers' advice
By Sharon Kiley Mack
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
To ask someone to reflect on their father's advice is to invite every emotion. Our dads have inspired us, lifted us up, adored us, defeated us, abandoned us, cheered us on, held our hand and often given us everything they have.
"I have struggled to define grace, but now I know," Nancy Smith, a Monmouth dairy farmer and state representative said recently. "It is integrity, strength, humility, kindness, humor — my dad."
And although most of the time fathers’ advice is ignored, they still have something to say about topics ranging from owning a dog to driving a car, investing money to choosing a spouse. Some of it is odd, some profound. For some of us, it is our only inheritance:
"The less said the easier mended."
"If you don’t want to lose, don’t gamble."
"Girls can do anything boys can do."
"Whatever you give or do to other people, you will get back a hundredfold."
"Always tell the truth. Lying will make it worse."
"Almost every time you have a problem with another person, it’s your own ego that’s getting in the way."
Whatever the advice, Dad’s words most often stick with us far beyond when they are spoken.
"You can do any job you can get," Saco resident Catherine Palmer’s dad told her. "That has really served me well when I found myself with unfamiliar tasks to perform."
"Don’t buy anything unless you can pay for it," seems to be common advice. Kay Gray in Corinna heard it from her dad, as did Smith, and Barbara Moulton Frey of Brewer said her dad had a variation on that frugal theme:
"Never try to keep up with the Joneses," he told her. "It was good advice. I still prefer to walk in sneakers rather than ride in a convertible."
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=165704&zoneid=500
(Photos by Bangor Daily News/John Clarke Russ)
By Sharon Kiley Mack
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
To ask someone to reflect on their father's advice is to invite every emotion. Our dads have inspired us, lifted us up, adored us, defeated us, abandoned us, cheered us on, held our hand and often given us everything they have.
"I have struggled to define grace, but now I know," Nancy Smith, a Monmouth dairy farmer and state representative said recently. "It is integrity, strength, humility, kindness, humor — my dad."
And although most of the time fathers’ advice is ignored, they still have something to say about topics ranging from owning a dog to driving a car, investing money to choosing a spouse. Some of it is odd, some profound. For some of us, it is our only inheritance:
"The less said the easier mended."
"If you don’t want to lose, don’t gamble."
"Girls can do anything boys can do."
"Whatever you give or do to other people, you will get back a hundredfold."
"Always tell the truth. Lying will make it worse."
"Almost every time you have a problem with another person, it’s your own ego that’s getting in the way."
Whatever the advice, Dad’s words most often stick with us far beyond when they are spoken.
"You can do any job you can get," Saco resident Catherine Palmer’s dad told her. "That has really served me well when I found myself with unfamiliar tasks to perform."
"Don’t buy anything unless you can pay for it," seems to be common advice. Kay Gray in Corinna heard it from her dad, as did Smith, and Barbara Moulton Frey of Brewer said her dad had a variation on that frugal theme:
"Never try to keep up with the Joneses," he told her. "It was good advice. I still prefer to walk in sneakers rather than ride in a convertible."
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=165704&zoneid=500
(Photos by Bangor Daily News/John Clarke Russ)
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