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

My kids make me good dad.
—Batz1

Sperm or not he’s my dad.
—ZoePrice

This one gets to meet Dad.
— bohemdeb

I get older, Dad gets smarter.
— sgbrown78

Dad loves me, despite being opposites.
— aaronek

My son is the best dad.
— rcz

A world without Daddy: implausible.
— booklover

Lost biological dad. Found real dad.
— writtenvoice

Dad; first love of my life.
— maryjane31

Raining. Dad’s watering the celestial flowers.
— Bevvie

Going gets tough, tough calls Dad.
— Carrieboo

Dad is my Designated Awesome Driver.
— sincerelyconfused

Dad, makes better grandfather than father.
— ASUGIRL

Marriage didn’t make him my daddy.
(click memoir to read the backstory)
— jene2008

Dad owes me for 1967 deferment.
— Seraphina_Lullaby

Some conversations sons just need dad.
— JAD

Dad’s legacy: strong hands, strong will.
— Staraj

Father figures often make better dads.
— BellaDonnaBlueEyes

Hardly knew dad, still miss him.
— mali

Single dad teaching teenager life skills.
— wendel

Liberal daughter totally loves redneck Dad.
— Sweetthyme69

I am still daddy’s baby girl.
— daddysbabygirl

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

Misses vacation for concert. Worth it.

–NotAStranger

Need vacation. Long time, no sea…

— TwoScoops

Wakefulness. State I’ve vacationed very infrequently.

— Contemplative

Maybe God’s on a long vacation.

— Steve__Anthony

I’m back. Creativity still on vacation.

— midnightmaniac45

Come home, Lust. Love’s on vacation.

— Bevvie

Softball Practice. Skills On Vacation. Crap.

— LittleMissOneBigMess

Soul’s vacationing, I’m doing life uncomplicated.

— whelp

Vacationing in crater of broken dreams.

— livinglifebackwards

Count vacation days, not sick days.

— Believe

Weekend release as good as vacation.

— dakat123

HERE is the vacation for now.

— MariaMaria

On Sunday at Radio City Music Hall, the Tony Awards winners were announced—and some of these theatrical Six-Word Memoir scribes had the chance to say a few more words to the world as they accepted their award. In the plays category, Courtney B. Vance won best performance by an actor in a featured role for Lucky Guy (”It’s Kandinsky! It’s painted on both sides!”). In the musicals category, Gabriel Ebert won best performance by an actor in a featured role for Matilda The Musical (”Poignancy is ephemeral. Tonys are, too!”), Billy Porter won best performance by an actor in a leading role for the winner of best musical Kinky Boots (”Theater saved my life!!! #original dream”), and for her role in Pippin, Andrea Martin won best performance by an actress in a featured role (”Never too late to start living!”)

Neil Patrick Harris, who contributed his Six-Word Memoir for one of our recent books (“Barney, Doogie—average names elude me!”) was once again the perfect host. Now if he’d just share his six words on what it was like to make out with a dog.

At after-parties as The Plaza and The Carlyle I had a chance to meet a few of the stars. Richard Kind, who was nominated for The Big Knife, said he loved the concept of six words, and offered these nuggets for our upcoming book, Six-Word Advice: “The journey: more fun than success.” I chatted with another six-word fan, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’s talented and stunning Shalita Grant, whose six words— “Partied til 4AM, nominated by 8AM”—rung true among the joyous scene. And while first-time Tony nominee for Benj Pasek. He may not have won, but as I met his beaming mother, I knew his six words about being nominated for a Tony could not have been more true: “Jewish family freaking out on Skype!”

Thanks to all the nominees who participated, and a special thanks to the inspiration behind “What’s Your Six-Word Tony Story?” to Elisa Shevitz of The Broadway League and her amazing colleagues, including Erica Ryan, Shawn Purdy and Ben Pesner, as well as Ian Weiss the amazing crew of digital minds at Serino/Coyn.

See photos of these memoirs below, and view the full set of photos on our Facebook page.

For the last four years at a fancy lunch to honor the Tony Award nominees, some of the world’s most famous folks in the theater world have been doing just that. As the likes of George C. Wolfe, Tom Hanks, and Cyndi Lauper take their spot at the table they’re greeted with a card with this prompt: “Congrats! What’s your Tony nomination story?” Many of Broadway’s best—from the actors on the stage to the rarely scene miracle workers behind it—shared their reaction to being honored by their peers in six words. Each card is captured using the modern magic of Instagram and collected in this photo gallery in anticipation and celebration of the 67th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 9.

Here at Six-Word Memoirs we have a special affection for host Neil Patrick Harris. Long before he became the toast of the Tony’s he graciously wrote his own Six-Word Memoir for one of our Six-Word Memoir book anthologies: “Barney, Doogie—average names elude me!”

Today’s date is full of sixes. Not only is it the date 6/6, but the year is 2013 (2 + 1 + 3 = 6).

One user declared 6/6 annual support SMITH Magazine day.

Six is a special number here at the Six-Word Memoir project. In numerology, the number 6 learns from others, cares for them, and teaches them. The number 6 builds communities by keeping people together. Six hold together members of the SMITH community, who challenge each other to six-offs, sixcessfully pun with 6, and condense their stories into only six words. But 6 isn’t just a number; it’s become a verb too. Below, sixers share their meta thoughts on sixing:

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— DynamicDbytheC

Writes in 6. Thinks in volumes.

— ctgoods2

Feels good thinking in “6″s again.

— ihatemakingtheseup

Sometimes, my six sense really tingles.

— canadafreeze

Thoughts in mixer. Need sixer elixir.

— midnightmaniac45

Having affair with six-words; can’t stop.

— JAD

Only 6 words for 17 years.

— BrooklynBridge

SMITH readers digest in 6-word bites.

— TheProsperousArtist

Another 6-wordless morning. Where are they?

— NoNickname1

Limericks, then haikus, now six-words. Obsessed.

— KatsK

Word army marches, sings in sixes.

— Amapola

Laptop’s dead. Now 6-ing via iPhone.

— treehugger

I challenge YOU to a 6-off.

— PrincessLief

Sixually active sixers advocate safe six(ing).

— canadafreeze

Teaching ourselves to be highly Sixcessful.

— illuminatrix

Synapses snap when synergistic Sixes surface.

— catsmeow

Bad comes in 3’s, try 6’s.

— RichardFrancis

Regularly slicing my life into sixes.

— LittleMiss

No blog, just trail of Sixes.

— catsmeow

Square root of 36, daily fix.

— Loon

Six a day keeps breakdown away.

— JohnBigJohn