My dad always says he doesn't need much for Father's Day, just a little quiet time and maybe a few things around the house fixed.

So this year, I let him have his quiet time... while he supervised me fixing everything on his honey-do list. He said it was perfect, because he got to relax AND teach me something.

I asked my dad why he still has my old report cards and sports trophies from when I was a kid, and he said

it's not that he's proud of my grades or my athletic skills, but because they're the only things I haven't borrowed money from him to pay for.

I asked my dad to write a letter to his future self for Father's Day, and when I read it, I found out why he's always been so patient with me.

It said, 'Dear future self, by now you've figured out that all those times you thought you were teaching your kids something, they were actually teaching you patience, forgiveness, and what it means to love unconditionally. Happy Father's Day.'

I asked my dad to make a bucket list for Father's Day

and it was just a list of all the things he wants to fix around the house before he dies