by James Holder

Created on: June 13, 2008

Each and every year as the years go by, companies release a new product to be sold, and is said to be one of the best gifts, that you can get your loved one for Father's Day. Yes, indeed some of the most amazing gifts are produced around that time, you may even hear your father share his interests in several of them. These gifts that are given to your father, they symbolize that you care about your father, and wanted to get him something to remember. After a few years what you come to realize, is that each year as these gifts are produced ,they become more and more expensive.

Increase in prices means now, you will have to get your father something cheaper, and a little less elegant than the newer products. Some may feel as though their loved one will not appreciate their gift because it isnt expensive or the newest thing out. What they dont seem to realize, is that it isnt the price tag or the elegancy that makes the gift special, its the thought that counts. Just knowing that you care about them, and took time out to buy them something from the kindness of your heart, is all that matters to a father. Flourishing them with gifts, is not showing your love for your father, its more on the lines of buying their love. Dont get me wrong buying gifts is not a problem, but replacing the gifts as your love for them is the worst thing you could do.

I remember a time when Father's Day was coming around I had no money, and had no way to buy my father anything. All I had was a single dollar and a few pennies, not much to get your dad something on his special day is it? So with my dollar and little change, i went to cvs pharmacy and i purchased a Father's Day card, inside the card i explained to my father, that i had no money to get him anything better than that card, and signed happy Father's Day and my name at the bottom. When he read the card, he broke down in tears, and he said that nothing in the world could amount to the love, that he experienced when he read my card. That day really helped me to understand, that Father's Day gifts aren't the most expensive.

Father's Day gifts aren't the most important, simply because father's will love their children no matter what they recieve on that day. Even if they don't recieve anything on that day, they know that their child still loves them. A gift is a way to help symbolize someones gratitude or sympathy for someone else, if a gift is not given on that day it doesn't mean that the individual doesnt have love for their father, so they shouldnt be discouraged. If they cant give a gift to their father, then they should let their father know how much they really love him, which to me is the greatest gift in the world.

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