Thank you so much for this beautiful comment!
Oh, you would have loved him! I can promise you that! Everybody loved him!
And speaking of admiring him...oh yes! Especially to me! He was my hero, my role model, my friend...my dad! I was always so proud to say "that's my dad!"
I cannot describe in words how grateful I am to God, for granting us 18 more years with him! Amen to that!
I enjoyed this immensely. and even though I didn't get to meet him. I've gotten to meet you - and it sounds like you have absorbed a LOT from your dad. so - I guess I AM meeting him!!!
Thank you for those words! You don't know what that means to me! To follow in his footsteps...those are "big shoes to fill". But to be compared to my father is a humbling experience, thank you!
Because of the example I've had from my father, it is of utter importance to me and I strive to have the same kind of relationship with my daughters. The impression he made on me and the respect I had for him...that is what I remember and how I experienced my relationship with him.
But because that is how I grew up, I sometimes stand speechless when I see how some men behave (even in front of their kids), and then I just wonder (in shock and disgrace), how can that poor child respect such a man and point him out as his father.
And by that, I am not making the role of a mother of any less importance. My mother was a wonderful person too. But my dad was just a natural leader. Without saying a word, people would just tend to follow his lead. He brought calmness and peace wherever he went. And yet, as calm as he was, he was a symbol of strength. It just radiated from him.
And now I better stop, because I can't find enough words or the right words to describe him.
What I can say though, is that I miss him!