Father’s Day … and my face on a clay pen cup

“See, dad?” she said. “It’s your stubble. See? It looks just like you.” “Yeah, alright,” I said. “Look at that. Just like me.” It didn’t look like me. It didn’t look ANYTHING like me. Actually, I wish I looked like it. This clay pen holder my daughter made me. A friend down the street … well, her mother has a kiln and some clay. How cool is that? They made Father’s Day presents. Clay cups with faces on them. To hold pens. You’ve never officially been a kid until you’ve made your dad a clay cup with his face on it. The first recorded Father’s Day cup with a face on it dates back to 10,000 B.C. There was also a figure made out of macaroni and a drawing of a race car that read, “Dad drive fast,” with a police car chasing him.

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