Happy Father’s Day, Country Style

This Sunday is Father's Day and while I think about my Dad everyday, memories of growing up come flooding back on this day. Like the time the kids were teasing me because my name is Beth, it's not Elizabeth, it's simply Beth and they were taunting me that I didn't have a real name and that I wasn't as good as the other 'real' Elizabeths in our class.

I came home crying and sat on the edge of the tub while my Dad was shaving to get ready to go in on third shift. I told him what had happened. He turned, looked me in the eye and said that while other people might need a longer name to make themselves special, I didn't need that, I was special just as I was. I went from feeling like the lowest of the low to feeling just fine again in a matter of seconds. Talk about a good Dad.

I know that we all have our own special memories of our Dads, stepdads, grandpas, uncles, or other important men in our life and as we get ready to celebrate them this Sunday, here's a list of my ten favorite country songs about Dads.  A musical Father's Day card if you will.

Conway Twitty, 'That's My Job', 1987

Kenny Chesney, 'There Goes my Life', 2004

Darius Rucker, 'This Won't Last for Long', 2008

Tim McGraw, 'My Little Girl', 2014

Brad Paisley, 'He Didn't Have to Be', 1999

Trace Adkins, 'Just Fishin', 2011

Rodney Atkins, 'Watching You', 2006

George Strait, 'Love without End, Amen', 1990

Holly Dunn/Dolly Parton, 'Daddy's Hands', 1986

Reba McEntire, 'The Greatest Man I Never Knew', 1991

Happy Father's Day!