A video reel—with a terrific soundtrack—of Six-Word Memoirs on Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll from contributors to the Six-Word Memoir project, along with some of our famous friends like Elizabeth Gilbert, Aimee Mann, Erica Jong, Adam Schlesinger, Raoul Felder, and more.

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This week’s Six-Word Memoirs were dominated by two timely topics: graduation and Father’s Day. We chose a few of these memoirs to feature and illustrate, all of which you can view on SMITH Magazine’s Tumblr, Facebook, and Pinterest pages.

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From the outpouring of memoirs on fathers and fatherhood, it’s clear: pops are important, their impact felt whether present, absent, or no longer with us. At their best, and occasionally, at their worst, fathers have helped shape your worlds. Many Sixers revere their Dads—some traditional, others, unconventional—and reflect on how each has influenced the other’s lives.

With Father’s Day approaching, we take this time to celebrate fatherhood, in all forms and descriptions. Join us and enjoy a few of our favorite Six-Word Memoirs on Dads as we honor all of the exceptional men who touch our lives so profoundly. If your father did not meet the mark, hopefully you know a Dad who has and can think of him today.

Measure of good dad, his son.
— Mark Hashizume (with his son, above)

When I shave, Dad’s the reflection.
— Vincent Aurelius

Dad had a second job…Superman.
— MariaMaria

Fishing, farming, camping. Childhood with dad.
— rustlingleaves

Met man, my dad in disguise?
(click memoir to read the backstory)
— Mourning-dove
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With the arrival of summer, vacation begins for students. But for non-students, summer doesn’t always mean vacation. While students sleep in, and the boredom begins, working professionals yearn for a vacation, or at least a break from constant working and wakefulness. Whether we like it or not, some things take vacations even when we don’t: from creativity to softball skills to God, these things take off without our permission. So don’t ask anyone for permission to take a vacation. Your office can be a vacation from home, and home a vacation from the office. The park becomes the beach on the weekend, your own backyard a foreign country. These SMITH users understand that vacationing from the idea of an ideal vacation can be it’s own sort of get-away. So take a vacation from what you’re supposed to be doing now, and read on below for more vacation ideas:

Slept in. Vacation has officially started.

— Piggirlrocks

Snow shovel’s eight month vacation begins.

— whelp

And boredom commences with summer vacation.

— ErikaStellar

Summer vacation hides the clocks& calendars.

— TheAngstyPoet

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