TO MY FATHER.

November 5th, 2010. That was the day I lost my dad. 1 year ago today was the worst day of my life. My father was feeling ill for a few weeks. We (meaning my sister and his sisters) tried to get him to go to the hospital, but being the proud man he was, he refused. He was always that way. He was the type of man that would get his arm chopped off and just say "oh well go get me some string, a needle, and some hydrogen peroxide, I'll be alright" I laugh as I say that because it's true, as ridiculous as it sounds. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not making  fun of him or trying to make light of the situation. I just know that dad would rather me laugh and be happy about the time we had together than sit around boo-hooing about the time we now don't.

Now for those of you that never had the privilege of meeting my father I'll sum him up in a few words the best I can. He was not only MY dad. He was not only my sisters dad. He was anyone's dad that needed one. Between me and my sister we always had some freind that would rather spend their days over at my house than their own. Especially in the summer when there was no school. They knew that they would be welcomed over there like it WAS their home. Now that went for the ugly (we now refer to it as "responsible") side of childhood too. If it was my day to mow the lawn and I had a freind that was staying over there for a few days....they were "responsible" to help me. If my sister had a freind staying with her and it was her day to clean the kitchen and do the dishes, her freinds were supposed to help too.

I was born on my dad's 22nd birthday. I guess you could say I was the best birthday present he had. Unlike Molly Ringwald my parents never forgot my birthday. I guess it would have hard to. He was usually the first person to tell me "Happy Birthday" an vice versa. So November 5th is not the day I will remember as the day he died, but the day I'll have to celebrate birthday's without my dad. Sorry to bring everybody down. But that's what a blog is for isn't it? To express one's feelings. Thanks for listening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!