I'm a 'Fox & Friends' anchor but I'll never forget the hilarious thing my late father did in the grocery store

Yes, I am an anchor on "Fox & Friends" but when I go to the grocery store I like to keep a low profile. So I'll never forget what happened that day with my dad.

I hadn’t told him that featured on the front of shopping carts across the country that month was an 8×10-inch full-color advertisement featuring the "Fox & Friends" crew. He stared at me with the biggest grin and rhymed "Stephen, you’re the host… with the toast!"  Steve Doocy currently serves as co-host of FOX News Channel's (FNC) FOX & Friends (weekdays 6-9AM/ET) alongside Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade. 

Now that my parents are both gone, I miss that a lot—although I must admit that my dad, Jim Doocy, came very close to effusive praise… once, when I was in my forties.

My mom died on Christmas morning 1997. Our whole family was a wreck for the longest time because her death was completely unexpected. I tried to comfort my father (and myself) the best I could, with phone calls to him at least once or twice a day. We’d run out of things to talk about, but it just felt good to touch base, because we both knew that someday one of us would not be around to pick up the phone.