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Another Father's Day

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: June 26, 2011

Remembering when Sundays were unlike weekdays…

Remember when a Sunday
was unique from all the rest?
We dressed and acted differently.
It was a Day of Rest.

The Lord's Day was its formal name.
The first day of the week
was set aside for finding strength
since faith can grow quite weak.

We went to Sunday school and church.
We'd pray and sing a hymn,
then hear the preacher talk of God
and how we needed Him.

We wouldn't work. We'd take a nap.
No shopping at a store.
We didn't need to plan the week
or ponder what's in store.

Those Sundays were much simpler.
We'd play catch with a ball.
We'd read a book and pop some corn.
Such fun! We had a ball!

We welcomed neighbors from next door
who'd saunter up our walk.
And often we would say, "Come on!
Let's take a little walk!"

In short, I long for Sundays past.
They were our Father's days.
They helped us focus and reboot
when we were in a daze.


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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.

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