Fathers Figure Finding Ways for Love - and Laughter - to Go On ; for Most of Us, the Man Who Helped Raise Us Is a Looming Presence in Our Lives, Whether We're 7 or 70. In Honor of Father's Day, We Offer Stories of Fatherhood.

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He still nags you about checking the oil in your car, and tells the same story about his childhood over and over. If you're a girl, he probably spoiled you. If you're a boy, for good or ill, he helped you become the man you are today.

Fathers are big, rough hands. Ice cream on a sweltering Sunday afternoon. The smell of cheap aftershave worn only because it was a gift from you.

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Fathers Figure Finding Ways for Love - and Laughter - to Go On ; for Most of Us, the Man Who Helped Raise Us Is a Looming Presence in Our Lives, Whether We're 7 or 70. In Honor of Father's Day, We Offer Stories of Fatherhood.

Fathers quietly fix whatever is broken.

Fathers, and father figures, are a looming presence in our lives, and they touch ea...

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