I was thinking of my dad today. I lost him 20 years ago in May. He was a wonderful man and a great father. He, along with my mother, raised nine children. It seems they took in stray children like some people took in stray dogs or cats. My dad spent everyday showing us all love. He treated us all as though we were the same. When a neighbor or another child was at our house, and often there was at least one extra, he treated them the same way too. There was always love at my house. I grew up thinking love was meant to be freely given to children. Some of my favorite memories of my dad were:
1) Sitting on the front porch singing funny songs like: Little Red Riding Hood, We Three Drunks, among others.
2) Consistently teaching new ways to fix a car, change a tire, and check the fluids in my car.
3) Always coming to get me when I needed a ride.
4) Teaching life lessons I would never forget,
5) Teaching me how to fight, stand up for myself and how to properly defend myself.
6) His never ending smile, apples, sweet tea and cherry pies.
7) His uncanny ability to win all the large prizes at the fair, so many he was banned from playing the games.
Of course this list could go on and on but I will leave it there. On Fathers' Day I always remember my dad fondly and I wish my children and grand children could have got to know him as well as I did. He was a great man that died way too soon!
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