For you, Dad
For showing me the gentleness and strength of love as you unwaveringly stood behind me - as I learned to walk, as learned to ride a two-wheeler, as I clumped around on those stilts you made me, as I walked down the aisle..and again as I left divorce court...
For the sense of delight as you taught me how to relish the simplest of life's pleasures - diving the sailboat under the water, making slide whistles from just the right tree branch, listening to the raindrops ping against the roof of the camper, or watching cars drive around in circles...
For the love of music - all those years of hearing you play guitar and us all singing along, sometimes harmoniously and sometimes just to make a joyful noise ...
For building in your children an appreciation for the ironic, the ability to find a bright spot in any situation, or how to simply hang on until the next silver lining presents itself...
For having the patience to take time to build memories - first with me, then my brother, and now my daughter... swimming, fishing and camping, paddling Katie around the pond...
For all those times you quietly watched, observed, pondered... saving your wisdom for a time when my ears and heart would accept it...
Thank you, Daddy. I love you.
For the sense of delight as you taught me how to relish the simplest of life's pleasures - diving the sailboat under the water, making slide whistles from just the right tree branch, listening to the raindrops ping against the roof of the camper, or watching cars drive around in circles...
For the love of music - all those years of hearing you play guitar and us all singing along, sometimes harmoniously and sometimes just to make a joyful noise ...
For building in your children an appreciation for the ironic, the ability to find a bright spot in any situation, or how to simply hang on until the next silver lining presents itself...
For having the patience to take time to build memories - first with me, then my brother, and now my daughter... swimming, fishing and camping, paddling Katie around the pond...
For all those times you quietly watched, observed, pondered... saving your wisdom for a time when my ears and heart would accept it...
Thank you, Daddy. I love you.