For Father’s Day, Teleflora and the Prostate Cancer Foundation have teamed up to raise awareness of prostate cancer and men's health, and to raise funds for research. To that end, Teleflora will donate a portion of sales proceeds from its baseball-themed bouquets to the foundation.
Teleflora is also running its Triple Play sweepstakes through June 26. The grand-prize is a three-day baseball journey for two.
Dads and baseball are such a natural pairing that it got us curious as to all the great stories out there about fathers, sons and daughters sharing a love for a sport, and the broader life lessons we learn both from playing on a team and spending time with Dad.
So, I reached out to Ashley, who runs a blog called: Everyday Life: The everyday life of a baseball wife, but not just about baseball.... http://ashthompson.blogspot.com and asked her if she'd tap her readers for fond memories of their sports-fan dads.
She asked them to share their stories; her readers then selected three semi-finalists and chose a winner to receive a Play Ball or Big Hit bouquet.
The authors were kind enough to let us rerun their stories on the Flower Blog. (Each story is posted separately.)We'd intended to pick just one winner but these are so touching, I think we need to send bouquets to all three. Ashley agreed. :)
There's an old saying that life is measured in seconds and inches. The time we have with our fathers is finite so, if you're lucky enough to still have him around, be sure to make every minute count.
Happy Father's Day!
