Barely old enough to feed ourselves, to locate love on the insides of rib cages, to know better. And then you came, slow at first, like a gathering storm or a seedling or a sapling. Your mother ...

Here's how Father's Day came to be, and why it's observed on the same Sunday every year. In the U.S., Father's Day is always celebrated on the third Sunday of June. This year, that falls on June 15 .

Growing up, Pam Mertes never celebrated Father's Day — she didn't know who her father was. But in May, Mertes, now 70, flew to Iowa to hand-deliver the first Father's Day card she'd ever bought.

For example, in Thailand, Father’s Day is celebrated on Dec. 5, the birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, while in Germany, it is celebrated on Ascension Day, the 40th day of Easter.