As you might imagine, a lot of us at FocalPoint are Fathers - so happy Fathers Day to us!
But all of us also need to take some time today to thank our Dad's.
Our Dad's took us to football games, lent us their cars, and showed us how to go fishing. Maybe they gave your prom date a hard time, or walked you down the aisle. Whatever picture flashes through your mind when you think of your Dad, today is the day to reach back out to him and say thanks.
Some of our Fathers fought in World War 2. You may have missed it, but June 6 was the anniversary of D-Day. That was the day the Allied forces took the beach at Normandy in France. Here's a quote I pulled from the US Army web page dedicated to D-day....
"...June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.”
More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy.
The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler...."
Source: http://www.army.mil/d-day/Do you remember how you felt as a kid before the big game? Did you get nervous? How about speaking in public - does that make your stomach churn and lurch? I wonder how those 17, 18, ad 19 year old kids felt before they went into a battle as intense as that.
Those are our Dad's. Or, maybe their Dad's...
Whether our Dad's fought for us in the war, or showed us , by example, how to be who we need to be, we thank you.
Happy Fathers Day, Dad.
Steve Thompson,
President
FocalPoint Coaching.
http://www.focalpointcoaching.om/
http://www.fbr50.com/profile/FocalPoint-Coaching
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