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DeLena's avatar

Beautiful words rightly spoken by your dad, and by you. My Daddy shaped my life more than he knew. Dads, as God created them, are essential, not toxic.

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Jack Gallagher's avatar

Happy father's day to your Dad and all my fellow Dads out there. My grandfather advised me to learn one new word per month from the dictionary. Just one word per month. And then, at the end of one year...all my friends would ask me who the hell I think I am!

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Rose's avatar

Jennifer, I worked with your dad for 11 years. He was an amazing man to all his patients. He treated his staff with love and respect...I was always impressed by his ability to calm a parent of an extremely sick child down...with his words. I love what you do for women. I continue to read your work!

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Jennifer Sey's avatar

Thank you Rose!

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Paul's avatar

My father said, no TV or you won't read books, and books are more important.

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Nina Clayton's avatar

Lovely tribute to the special relationship you have with your Dad! Here is hoping more Dads use the right words to keep all girls sports programs for girls! NjRoz - Cherry Hill, NJ (PS...I read your first book. Great use of your words, but now I fear my comments runs too long.)

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Honeybee's avatar

You are so lucky to have such a wonderful dad!

Dictionaries are beautiful things. I prefer a dictionary book over the computer's ease...which is probably due to my age. In Buddhism, they're called the "treasures of the heart."

Dads are wonderous beings who influence their daughters more than they know.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads and soon-to-be-dads out there!!

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L Word's avatar

What a great Dad. Amazing he’s still going strong 💪 at 83!

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From the Beach...🌞🇧🇷🏖️🌊🐬🌎😎's avatar

Hell no, I am not toxic. I am a DAD GIRL. CCMP... Caucasian, Christian, Male, Patriot.

And a MARINE!

Oorah!

Semper Fi Marine Dads.

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Peggy Waite's avatar

Love this, Jen!

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Amy Walsh's avatar

LOVE this post so much. Your dad sounds like the ultimate "girl dad."

Perfect inspiration to use your gifts in the right places at the right time.

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Ute Heggen's avatar

Beautiful. Our dads would have been friends. Thanks, Jennifer.

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Coalburned's avatar

Thank you for the heartfelt message. Love the pics.

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