June 1-18, 2023
For Father’s Day 2023, let’s honor the bonds we share with our beloved dads through their powerful and funniest pieces of advice, sayings and quotes.
- “If someone doesn’t want to be with you, that’s on them. You have a lot to give.”
- My sister once asked my dad what he thought of her dating someone named Hansel, all he said back was “I bet you’d reGRETEL that”
- At the airport my dad said, “Put one shoe in each suitcase so if it gets stolen they can’t wear your shoes”
- “The grass may be greener on the other side, but it sure took a whole lot of manure to get it that way”
- “Make sure you have a 401K.”
Share with us your something weird, funny or inspiring your dad has said for a chance to win a $50 Gift Card!
Contest Rules:
- Deadline is midnight June 18, 2023
- You allow Accesso Club to use your submission for the newsletter, social media, and website
- Anything considered offensive will not be displayed and will be excluded from the contest
- The post with the most votes will determine the winner for a $50 Gift card
- The voting Deadline is midnight June 21, 2023
- The winner will be announced June 23, 2023
- Contest open only to tenants of Accesso properties
- Participants must work in an Accesso building
- Participants must be Accesso Club registered members
AND THE WINNER IS…
Entry #21
Name: Amanda Garcia
Father’s Name: Daniel Marchiori
Building: One Allen Center-Allen
Company: Eckard Enterprises, LLC
My Father passed away Feb 2016 after battling cancer for 13 years. He was only 58. During those years he had a lot of time to prepare us for his leaving. One of things he would say to my brother, sisters, and I was “Love each other until it hurts”. I knew what this meant, but it meant even more after he was gone. He wanted his children to keep the bond that he had worked so hard to create for us. We kept Dad’s wishes. It hasn’t always been easy, but because of him, we are all closer, lean on, and trust each other more than most adult siblings do. Love is a choice, not a feeling. Love is to will and work for the good of another, and sometimes it hurts…as in…it requires some sacrifice on our part. “LOVE EACH OTHER UNTIL IT HURTS” – Dad❤
All Entries:
Entry #1
Name: Shari Stiglic
Father’s Name: Donald Sobbe
Building: 20 N. Clark-Chicago
Company: Desman, Inc
My dad would always say to me, from a young age “Marry money. Love you can buy”
(This will be my first Fathers Day without him)
Entry #2
Name: Donna Weiss
Father’s Name: Jim Keene
Building: Park Plaza-Naperville
Company: IAT Insurance Group
My Dad is a country boy, and he believed you ate all the food on your plate. His favorite saying when we were kids was “Eat the crust, it’ll put hair on your chest!”…. Here’s the problem, he only had girls! To this day, my sisters and I won’t eat the crust on bread!
Entry #3
Name: Cinthia Brostrom
Father’s Name: Alfonso
Building: Platinum Tower-Atlanta
Company: South State Bank, N.A.
Dad does not curse, so growing up, he substituted many words, but the funniest to this day is “WHAT THE BUTT” LOL. He used it every time he would hurt himself accidentally or was frustrated. This still makes me giggle.
Entry #4
Name: Cassandra Gomez
Father’s Name: Loreto Cruz
Building: Park Plaza-Naperville
Company: IAT Insurance
Whenever we ask him what he has going on for the day, never fails his response is “A little bit of this and whole lot of nothing!”
Entry #5
Name: Amanda Gibbens
Father’s Name: Rex
Building: 3900 Essex-Houston
Company: Procyrion
“Even a $5 head needs a $5 helmet” – on the importance of wearing a helmet when motorcycling”
Entry #6
Name: Gina Valencia
Father’s Name: Ernesto Valencia
Building: One Allen Center-Allen
Company: Accesso
“The lazy man works twice as hard.”
Entry #7
Name: Lee Aber
Father’s Name: Stuart Aber
Building: Innovation Park-Charlotte
Company: Allstate
“I always have your Back and I will always be there for you no matter what”
Entry #8
Name: Ann Hopkins
Father’s Name: Frank Dunlap, Sr
Building: Innovation Park-Charlotte
Company: Wells Fargo
“Be INdependent not DEpendent”
Entry #9
Name: Anne-Renee Orjansen
Father’s Name: John
Building: Riverwalk-Buffalo Grove
Company: CVS
When expressing my trepidation about doing something, he would say, “What do you mean you can’t do this? Somebody does this; it is doable. And you can do this too!”
Entry #10
Name: Don McConnell
Father’s Name: Wilburn McConnell
Building: 3900 Essex-Houston
Company: Mohle Adams
“Don’t go away mad…just go away”
Entry #11
Name: Damian Birnstihl
Father’s Name: William Birnstihl
Building: Highland Oaks I & II-Downers Grove
Company: Duly Health and Care
“Don’t take any wooden nickels.”
Entry #12
Name: Tanya Asrar
Father’s Name: Sarwat Asrar
Building: One Allen Center-Allen
Company: Premier Workspaces
When my father was alive, he would always greet me by saying “Hello, Honeydew!” and my response would be “Hello, Cantaloupe!”
Entry #13
Name: Robert Graham
Father’s Name: Robert Graham Sr.
Building: 1776 Yorktown-Houston
Company: Accesso
I remember my Dad got dressed for Church and he was pulling at his collar and sleaves. He then looked at me with a straight face and told me “I don’t think it is the dryer shrinking my clothes…I think it’s the refrigerator?
He was always quick with funny one-liners!!
Entry #14
Name: Andrea Veith
Father’s Name: George H. Veith III
Building: IDS Center-Minneapolis
Company: Littler Mendelson
(Whenever awed or inspired by nature) – “WOW. Nothin’ but net, GOD!”
Entry #15
Name: Jill Hinrichs
Father’s Name: John Hinrichs
Building: 20 N. Clark-Chicago
Company: Perspectives LTD
“When you’re in Math class, think about math. When you’re with your boyfriend, think about your boyfriend. But if you’re thinking about your boyfriend in math class or about math homework when you’re with your boyfriend – you’re not doing anyone any good.” – Basically, he taught me to be PRESENT! and focus on the right things at the right time.
Entry #16
Name: Michele Beck
Father’s Name: Neil
Building: Innovation Park-Charlotte
Company: Innovation Health
“That’s the way they getcha!” (he always said that when we’d want to go shopping and buy new stylish clothes, as he sat there in a very thin white work shirt that eventually would rip in the washing machine because it was so old and thin.
Entry #17
Name: Laura Bowser
Father’s Name: David Bowser
Building: Meridian-Durham
Company: Accesso
Whats the dirtiest thing in your house?
The chester drawer, because it never changes its drawers!
Entry #18
Name: Sara Storbakken
Father’s Name: Del Matteson
Building: IDS Center-Minneapolis
Company: Dady & Gardner
Every morning when my dad was combing his hair he would look in the mirror and say, “I sure wish I was born rich instead of good looking.” 
Entry #19
Name: Julia Bertrand
Father’s Name: Richard
Building: IDS Center-Minneapolis
Company: Hays Companies/Brown & Brown
Wear your “ball cap” in the direction you want to go in life….forward!
Entry #20
Name: David Whaley
Father’s Name: David Sr.
Building: 1776 Yorktown-Houston
Company: ABM Industries
“What you fear is what you find so don’t be afraid to fail”
Entry #21
Name: Amanda Garcia
Father’s Name: Daniel Marchiori
Building: One Allen Center-Allen
Company: Eckard Enterprises, LLC
My Father passed away Feb 2016 after battling cancer for 13 years. He was only 58. During those years he had a lot of time to prepare us for his leaving. One of things he would say to my brother, sisters, and I was “Love each other until it hurts”. I knew what this meant, but it meant even more after he was gone. He wanted his children to keep the bond that he had worked so hard to create for us. We kept Dad’s wishes. It hasn’t always been easy, but because of him, we are all closer, lean on, and trust each other more than most adult siblings do. Love is a choice, not a feeling. Love is to will and work for the good of another, and sometimes it hurts…as in…it requires some sacrifice on our part. “LOVE EACH OTHER UNTIL IT HURTS” – Dad❤
Entry #22
Name: Al Coleman
Father’s Name: Robert Louis
Building: Innovation Park-Charlotte
Company: Allstate
“Son, protect your Teeth and your Credit….both are very hard to restore ! “
Entry #23
Name: Ken Engel
Father’s Name: Michael Engel
Building: IDS Center-Minneapolis
Company: Engel Professional Association
“Just because people in Hell want ice water doesn’t mean they’re going to get it.”
Entry #24
Name: Bill Coons
Father’s Name: Edwin Coons
Building: Encore Commons-Alpharetta
Company: Markel Specialty
My dad often gave this sage advice, “If you want to find out WHY someone is motivated to do ANYTHING that doesn’t ‘make sense’ on the surface then FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL.” Every time I test this theory it proves true.
Entry #25
Name: Kaleb VonBerg
Father’s Name: Karl VonBerg
Building: Innovation Park-Charlotte
Company: TTI Floor Care North America
My Dad has quintessential dad-joke humor. One of his favorites is:
“You can’t run through a campground, you can only ran . . . because it’s past tents.”
Entry #26
Name: Bruce Ogle
Father’s Name: Lewis Ogle
Building: Atrium at Park Ten-Houston
Company: TriPointe Homes
“Son, some day when you are older, someone will ask about your father. Tell them that [I] was hard on my son for 18 years, feared the next 4, joyful for 2 more, questioned 10, amazed over 20, and proud all 54.”
Entry #27
Name: Jenny Naegele
Father’s Name: Ron
Building: IDS Center-Minneapolis
Company: Ballard Spahr
“It’s 5:00 pm o’clock somewhere!”
Entry #28
Name: Melissa Converse
Father’s Name: Daniel Michael Quezada
Building: Towers at West End-St. Louis Park
Company: Allina Health Aetna
Growing up I was a very shy child, at social outings and even at family gatherings. My dad noticed this and would walk by and pinch my nose as if to say “I see you”. As I got older of course it wasn’t cool to have your dad pinching your nose anymore so he started to randomly ask me ” Melissa, what does Article 12 Paragraph 9 verse 53 mean?”. Keep in mind the wording always stayed the same but he would pick random numbers every time (telling this memory I picked his birthday). It was an inside joke which meant “Dad’s can pinch their daughters nose’s anytime they want to”. It made no sense to everyone around us but I believe this was my dads way of telling me I’m still seen no matter my age and or surrounded by a crowded room.
Entry #29
Name: Vera Lucky
Father’s Name: Arnold
Building: Innovation Park-Charlotte
Company: Wells Fargo
“Never drive with less than a quarter tank of gas; use your credit card like an ATM and don’t spend money you don’t have or know is coming; and pay off your mortgage.”
Entry #30
Name: Kristina Coston
Father’s Name: Bob Olson
Building: Park Plaza-Naperville
Company: Marzullo @ Associates
My Dad (and brother) had a large organized pile of scrap wood. Because…As Dad would say: “It’s Good Wood!”
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there! We can’t do it without You!