My father too, ged, in the May that year, I usually get clothing off my daughter whether I want it or not, when I tell the kids to just buy me some fishing hooks, it goes over their heads.
Mine too. I'm now 4 years older than he was when he died in 1984 aged 45 of cancer. Scary thought indeed. My step-Dad's not bad, he means well, but we're poles apart. I bought him the boxed set of It Ain't Half Hot Mum on DVD. It's what he wanted
As for my own daughters, it'd be nice to get a phone call. Since the divorce I haven't had so much as a birthday card, though we are in touch a lot. Sending cards is such a chore for them, it's emails nowadays. Letters? Forget it, they're obsolete to the current generation. Nope not bitter though.
I remember hearing a story of a daughter asking a father what he wanted for Father's day, he said a jigsaw. Every year she asked and he replied the same. Soon the top of his wardrobe was stacked with jigsaws of every size with different pictures on the front. And the wood he wanted to cut in his shed was still being cut by hand instead of the Black & Decker jigsaw he asked for every year.
Wishing whatever you get will be given with love. Have a good one with the kids.