What Dad really wants

I sat down to type up a column for Father's Day on my desktop, but I felt a bit presumptuous. I thought, how could I write about a day that's about me? It would be like writing about my birthday. I don't feel like I'm a super dad with a need to toot my own horn. I feel I'm just doing my duty, as any father would be required to do.

So I asked a few of my family members to write down some words about Father's Day-not about me, but about Father's Day in general-just to see if it would give me some ideas.

From my 3-year-old son:

"My dad is the best. He's really fun. He teaches me everything I need to know about life. I think he should get whatever he really wants."

From my wife:

"Father's Day has always been a day to recognize great dads, and I have a great dad to recognize each year. But this year, I'm putting all my efforts toward my husband, who's really the greatest dad ever. Dads such as he are the reason why Father's Day exists in the first place. My son is the luckiest kid ever. And I'm the luckiest wife ever because I have such a great husband. I think I'm going to go all out this Father's Day and buy my incredible husband that laptop computer that he really wants."

From my mom:

"My son is more than just the best dad ever. He's a great dad, yes, and a great husband to his wife, yes, but the work he does at The Acorn Newspapers isn't just a job. It's a community service. Therefore, this Father's Day, I think my son should receive some sort of gift that will allow him to perform his community service more efficiently and . . . portable. This year, I think the family should all pitch in to buy him that MacBook Pro laptop with the super drive that he really wants."

From my dad:

"As Mike's dad, I can honestly say that he's an action hero in the way he performs his fatherhood functions. He's taken what I've taught him and multiplied the skills times 200. And he would sure be able to multiply that equation even better on that new laptop that he really wants. It's the silver laptop. Right there in the middle."

From the family man:

My family members wrote the words above. Honest. I don't know if their words make for an interesting column, but I will say there was definitely a theme going on within their eloquent language. That is, my family should all pitch in and get me that MacBook Pro 15-inch widescreen laptop computer with the super drive that I re- ally want. Lisa, mom, dad, did you read this far in the story?

E-mail Michael Picarella at pic@theacorn.com. Nice com- ments only. The author is fragile.

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