My dad's favorite Father's Day tradition is

spending the whole day in the backyard, not because he loves the family gathering, but because it's the one day a year he can use the lawn as an excuse to buy a new lawn mower.

My dad always claimed he could 'sleep anywhere,' which usually meant falling asleep on the couch five minutes into a movie he *insisted* we all watch together.

But looking back, those were some of my favorite moments. Because even when he was dozing, he was still there, quietly making sure we knew he was right where he wanted to be.

Dad's been working on the same home improvement project for months

I'm starting to think his idea of 'completion' is just being able to find all the tools he needs to finish it

I finally asked my dad why he always recorded our family vacations on his old camcorder, even when the rest of the world had moved on to smartphones.

He smiled and said, 'Because I wanted to capture the memories, not just the moments.'