A wish for Dad

He may not have worn a cape, but chances are he was your first true hero.

He may have taught you how to catch a fish or to throw a fastball. He may have sat through countless tea parties or solemnly spoke a few words at your guinea pig's funeral.

Or maybe he didn't do any of those things because he worked two jobs to make sure you had everything you needed.

Whatever your dad did, if he was a good dad, you loved him for it.

Sunday is Father's Day. And while we may think about dad every day, this is the day we especially make a point to honor or remember him.

We asked readers on Facebook if they could give their dad anything for Father's Day, what would it be. We got some very touching responses.

Diane Lane Stone shared her wish for her late father, Clarence Lane.

"If he were still alive, I would go with my dad to Tamaqua, his birthplace (he moved to New Jersey as a young child), and visit all of the places that were a part of his and his family's early history.

Genealogy was important to her father, and he was eager to know more, especially about his grandfather, Clarence Elwood Lane, who died very young.

"It was something he always wanted to do, particularly after he retired. He even bought a van to take us all with him."

Angie Baksa Barthold:"No bills and more food."

Judi Rae Kesner:"If I still had him, I'd fly my stepsister in from New Zealand to surprise him and we'd all go to a NASCAR race."

Laura Strathdee:"If my dad were still alive, I'd give him a big hug. I felt so safe when he was around ... and having his arms around me just felt like nothing could harm me, that I was safe and loved. I love and hate Father's Day."

Rhonda Donaldson:"If my dad were still here, I would take him to Scotland so he could play a game of golf in St. Andrews. He would love that."

Jery O'Neal:"My dad unfortunately passed away in 2009, but if I could have given him anything before he died, it would have been a trip to Washington, D.C. to see the World War II memorial (he was a Navy veteran of both World War II and Korea). It wasn't quite done before he passed away, and I wish he had seen it."

Jolene Lisowski:"One more day with him and fishing ... He loved fishing!"

Debra Changary:"Besides being able to visit him and hug him, I would ask him what he wants the most, then make it happen."

Dian Stein:"I would love to give my dad the chance to know and converse with his four (now grown) amazing grandchildren. Sadly, when he passed almost 36 years ago at the age of 50, his oldest grandchild was only 13 months old."

Kelly Eidem of Palmerton shares what she would give her father, Barry Schoch, if she could.

"There's no thinking when it comes to what I would give my father. He lost his wife on June 15, 2015. She had a rough life due to a long battle after having kidney cancer and going into total kidney failure, resulting in dialysis three times a week for five hours. Adding to the failure she had diabetes and ended up with Lyme disease that made things even harder for her to get around due to the constant pain. She suffered with high blood pressure that the doctors had a hard time controlling. She was on so many meds.

In April of 2015, her mother suffered a stroke that took away her throat control, and she was forced to eat baby food. She eventually gained that back, but she was never able to walk again without a walker.

Kelly adds that some of her mother's brain had been affected and caused symptoms similar to dementia, but she kept on fighting the best that she could.

This went from very bad to much worse, and last June, after several medical procedures, she passed away.

"My father was by her side at all times being the best caretaker of my mother for the last four years. My father, my sister and myself had to make the hardest decision of our lives, and that was to let our mother go be a beautiful angel above.

"So if I could give anything in this world to my father on Father's Day, it would be giving him back his wife! Especially being it would be right after her one-year 'angelversary' of losing her."

David Rowe of Jim Thorpe has a special wish for his father, Buddy.

"I would give my father his health and mind back. Since being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, dementia and Parkinson's disease, I have seen a once proud, strong man turn into a frail, sad man."