Nice thread Peaceful - my fondest memory is with my dad when I was about seven years old.  He seldom spent much time with us kids at all, let alone spend time alone with any one of us.  But on this day he decided he would ice skate with just me over around the island and back on the lake we lived on (thinking back it was probably about a mile round trip).  He held my hand and struggled right along with me and laughed and talked with me.  I was so in awe of that time with him and still feel like I did on that very day.  I'll never forget it.