{"id":206139,"date":"2022-06-14T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandartofherbalism.com\/?p=206139&preview=true&preview_id=206139"},"modified":"2022-06-18T22:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T02:10:59","slug":"in-celebration-of-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandartofherbalism.com\/in-celebration-of-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"In Celebration of Father’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Father’s Day is fast approaching and with it comes the time to honor the fathers, grandfathers, brothers, sons and partners in our lives. We sometimes tend to think of these holidays as marketing gimmicks for Hallmark and opportunities for super stores to peddle their holiday trinkets.<\/p>

But, really, life is made more colorful and less mundane by celebrations and ceremonies,<\/b> which is why people have been creating holy days since ancient times. These special days afford us the chance to honor and celebrate one another, the seasons, nature and life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I was curious to learn how Father\u2019s Day began and was certain that it was an afterthought added to our calendars after Mother\u2019s Day had been firmly established as an American holiday. After doing some research, I was surprised to find that Father\u2019s Day was actually thoughtfully and lovingly created as a way to honor the fathers in our lives.<\/p>

In fact, the idea of celebrating Father’s Day was first conceived by a young woman, Sonora Dodd, in 1909.1<\/a><\/sup>Brockell, G. (2021, June 20). The Civil War veteran and single dad who inspired Father\u2019s Day.<\/em> Washington Post. https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2021\/06\/20\/fathers-day-history-sonora-smart-dodd\/<\/a><\/span> After attending a special sermon honoring mothers, Sonora was compelled to do something to honor her father, Henry Jackson Smart. By all accounts her father was a selfless and loving man and had single-handedly raised Sonora and her five siblings after the death of her mother during childbirth. Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her and decided to create a day similar to Mother\u2019s Day to celebrate him. Since he was born in June, she chose that month to hold the first Father’s Day celebration.<\/p>

It wasn\u2019t until 1924, however, that President Calvin Coolidge first recognized Father’s Day as an \u2018official holiday\u2019 and not until many years later that a Congressional Act passed in 1972 officially acknowledged Father\u2019s Day as the third Sunday in June.<\/p>

Both Father\u2019s Day and Mother\u2019s Day, as well as many of our other holidays, are not without their critics, controversy and criticism. As one historian writes, people \u201cscoffed at the holiday’s sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving, and derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products\u2013often paid for by the father himself.\u201d Sadly, this is often the case. But how we choose to celebrate these holidays is really up to us. We are the ones empowered to create these \u2018special days\u2019 as we will.\u00a0<\/p>

Try forgoing Hallmark this year and write your own personal note of gratitude to the father(s) in your life. And instead of buying a gift, try your hand at making one<\/a> or just spend time with your dad, if possible, as time is often the most precious gift.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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