I Love You!!: I love my daddy!

It's Father's Day on Sunday so I wanted to dedicate this one to my amazing Dad.

Daddy,

I am so happy that you came into my life when you did. I feel that it is so important for a young girl to have a Father in her life early on. Someone to look up to. A Father's presence is critical when growing up for a woman. When you met mom, you kicked it in to super-dad mode and threw your whole self into being our dad. I know you knew we never had a daddy and you became one for us so quickly and you gave us everything you had...you taught us in just a few years what some Father's never get to teach their children and for that I am so very grateful!! :)

(First, I want to be sure that everyone knows that, my mom is so amazing and because of her determination and strength we have lived through some pretty rough years and she was and always has been so good to us. She is amazing and I don't know how she did it alone!!)

Before you married mom, I was so confused about what I was supposed to be doing in life. I was in high school. My grades were...well...not the best and I didn't really have the passion to do much of anything. I was uninterested with life and wanted just the norm. Which is fine but without passion in your life...there is not much. Mom was working so hard just to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table, working 12 hour days, yet somehow she managed to teach us so many amazing things, but we were constantly in "survival mode, whatever we can do to JUST make it." When you came into our lives, you helped us to understand that there is more to life than "just making it." You taught us that we had the potential of taking on the world and you pushed us to become more than we were! We are still working on this every day, however we would not be where we are today, we would not have had the experiences that we have had and we would not have the love and support of TWO amazing parents if it had not been for you.

There was a missing link before you married mom...You completed us :) I knew from the first time mom said she was going to marry you...(BEFORE YOU EVER DATED)...that you were going to be around for a long time! I am so happy that you are apart of us. Thank you for loving us, thank you for taking such good care of our mother (who like you) deserves the best of everything, thank you for encouraging us to risk, achieve, dare and most importantly love wholeheartedly as you do with us and with everyone who comes into your life.

You have shown me what it is in a man that I want someday. Someone who loves, cares and generously gives all of who they are, just as you do. We are all so lucky to have you in our lives. Thank you for teaching us, making us laugh and showing us what it's like to know we can have everything! We are all so lucky to have you.

I also wanted to thank Scott, Kristi and Lisa for sharing their wonderful daddy with us. We are so lucky to have you all in our lives :) and Sandra darling too, of course!!!

I love you dad! I miss you and will always be so grateful to you for the love you have shown us is possible :)