It's all about the Papa today, Thankful-bots! You may be saying to yourself "But Father's Day is on Sunday, this is Thursday!". To that I repeat what I said in my Mother's Day post, it's my blog. I do what I want. Anyways, as mentioned above, this post is all about my Dad, or as I like to call him, Dad, Daddy, Pops, Papa, Popsicle, The Big D, Daddio... And of course, I'll be doing this in list form. What else do you expect by now? Here we go!
1. Shadrach, Meshach, and To-Bed-We-Go! (To anyone who is scratching their heads right now, that would be everyone, but my family. This was my Dad's bedtime ritual with us three kids. He would pick us by our bed, start swinging us in his arms, and say "Shadrach, Meshach, and To-Bed-We-GO! On the word "Go" he would gently toss us into our beds. Of course, the entire time each of us were giggling and hollering up a storm!)
2. Family devotions every evening after dinner.
3. The monstrously, epic fort that you built us complete with swinging bridge, slide, rope climb, escape hatch, movable stairs, swings, and rope ladder. It sounds awesome, and it WAS.
4. The Bestest, Most Tightest hugs.
5. You were/are still my Splinter-Getter-Outer. Somehow you could always get those buggers out without making it hurt, even when we couldn't find the tweezers and had to use your pocket knife.
6. You were the best Curl-Untangler (Mom always went too fast, and made my head smart, while you took your time and made sure you didn't hurt my head.)
7. Never being too busy to make snowmen with your kids.
8. Or have a snowball fight, or build a snow fort, or go sledding, or hooking up the garden hoses in the dead of winter to make a slolum run out of our slide.
9. Being the best example of what a Godly father and husband should look like.
10. Your famous chili recipe.
11. Putting up with me during my teenage years during which I'm sure you asked yourself many, many times "Who are you, and where did you take my daughter?".
12. Teaching me how to garden (though, I'm sure you would love it if I came over and brushed up on my weeding skills).
13. Passing on the gift of being able to make a song out of any situation.
14. When you call me "Manny". You're the only one who does, and I love it!
15. Your thirst for God's Word.
16. Always trying my cooking experiments no matter how bad they were/are.
17. Being a listening ear when I need it, but also giving me advice when I need it.
18. Always laughing at my corny stories and jokes.
19. Being Papa Nerd to your Three Nerd Kids...after all you're the one who introduced us to Stars Wars and Star Trek (also installing in us the love of a good Western...thanks, pilgrim ;D).
20. Always and forever being my hero, champion and one of my biggest fans.
Dad, I know I've said in a million Father's Day cards, but I'll say it again. I am completely and utterly blessed to call you my Dad. Especially when I know so many people that don't have the greatest relationship with their dads. I'm blessed to not only call you Dad, but I also get to call you my friend. That's pretty awesome if you ask me. I love you, Daddy, and hope this little post makes you smile.
Manny
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Sweet post! Cute picture, I still remember your family at this stage in life.
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ReplyDeleteWhoa! You're fort sounds crazy amazing! Were there any pictures of it? Your dad sounds incredible. I can't wait to meet him and all of you! Not sure about Christmas, it could be complicated. But at least for Shane's graduation! :D
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