I was paid a great compliment by my daughter the other day, although I don’t think she intended it to be taken that way. She was working on reading music as part of her violin practice, and I was trying to help her find the notes and keep the rhythm by playing the melody out on the piano. She played something that sounded really wonky and apparently I made some sort of a face when she did it. Her response to my reaction was to say, “You look just like Papa Clark does when I make a mistake.”

Well, I told her, I learned from the best. Because not only is Papa Clark her piano teacher, but he’s my dad and was my piano teacher as well. I remember the faces he would make when I got a note wrong and evidently, I have made those same facial expressions a part of my repertoire. Like father, like son. Sorry, girls, I’ll probably always make funny faces when the notes are a little (or a lot) out of tune.

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. Hopefully, you’ll be treated well by your family and enjoy a relaxing Sunday to cap off your weekend.

If you need something for your dad this week, why not a gift for his garden? You could even do something for him in the garden like weed a flowerbed, plant some shrubs, or trim those bushes he hasn’t gotten to. Or better yet, bring him out to Kerby’s to spend an afternoon together among fruit trees and flowers.