Dad’s Gift BY JENN WEBSTER
Father’s Day was just around the corner for a guy named George; just like in previous years, George had always expected some kind of gift from his family. While he does not know that, his family was secretly planning something extraordinary for him…
You see, George’s family was putting on a special show for him, as a way to thank him for being the most wonderful father that they would ever have; George’s wife, Lucy, was helping the kids rehearse for this unique show: Their teenage daughter and their twin sons, both 10 years of age. Each of the kids has been practicing their own musical number: the teen daughter was practicing her song to sing to her father, while the twin sons began practicing their song-and-dance number. Each of the kids has practiced very well.
Meanwhile, as George was thinking about Father’s Day, he also began thinking about whether wanting to get material things would ever make him happy to be a father. After all, while things like a pipe and a tie may be nice, there may be something that was missing from George’s life; however, he just could not put his finger on it…
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And so with that, Father’s Day, on a Sunday, finally came along that day; George’s wife and kids came to the bedroom and offered him a big breakfast in bed for him, while George’s wife tells him to go downstairs a little later because they have a very special surprise for him. George had his breakfast in bed, and afterward, he showered. Then he went downstairs.
George went downstairs to look around the kitchen, but could not find his wife and kids anywhere. Just then, his wife appeared in front of him and told him to come to the living room right away. Once they were in the living room, Lucy told George to sit down on the couch, and George looked at a curtain as his wife and kids put on a special show.
First, George’s daughter began performing a song about how special her father is and that she would never go on through life without him. George began to smile at that performance, and then he applauded. Next, his twin sons began doing that song-and-dance number that they had practiced for a few weeks, and that song-and-dance number was about the same thing that George’s daughter sang about in her performance: How much they loved their father so very much.
And in the end, George’s wife, daughter, and twin sons began a closing production number, a song about being the best kind of gifts that George will ever receive, not just on Father’s Day, but each and every day of the year. And THAT’S when George has this thought that it was exactly what George himself has been thinking about all along, and now he has finally found what his own mind and heart were searching for!
When their closing production number was over, George’s wife, Lucy, and their three kids went up to George and hugged him; and that was when George thought that IT was the very best Father’s Day gift of all.
©2026 Jenn Webster
