Da- Dah- Dad- Daddy- Dad

I can't believe that Father's Day is just around the corner, again!  In fact this whole year is going by much faster than I tend to be enjoying it, time for me to slow down and smell the roses!

So I have to ask, What does Father's Day mean to you?

For me, it is a time when my mother was left to care for 5 children on her own, the youngest being less than 2 years old.  It was a time when we had no money for extras, our food was very limited to the point that my mother would go days without eating.  It was a time when this guy would return, help us pay a bill or two, get about a weeks worth of food, make us believe he was back for good and then hit the road while we were in school so he didn't have to say goodbye.

Father's Day started the day my mom brought home a date.  After having endured 3 years of making our life better for us at all cost, a friend of hers convinced her to get out of the house for a few hours.  About 3 months later, she brought home a date to meet us and he became more than just a male figure in our lives, he became our Father, even though at the time we didn't realize it, we were in our rebellious years from having been disappointed by another guy.  We trusted no one!

Mowing the lawn and participating in baby showers...

Now, 33 years later, Father's Day is knowing that my dad is just a phone call away and regardless of the time or day, he always picks up.  He is a man who at times does things that in all honesty should have killed him by now, he's a nut and we shake our heads in wonder, hell, he tried to get a hornet's nest out of a tree by using a ladder, a broom and a small garbage pail!  Yeah, he lost!  Thankfully he out ran most of the hornets!  The pictures below are of his attire when he cleaned the barbecue grill... Yes, as a member of Law Enforcement, that is him wearing his riot helmet and a pair of welding gloves...!

Cleaning the barbecue grill before a big weekend!

Father's Day is remembering every minute of every day that this man who had no children of his own kept his word to my mother, to love us all as one, forever and ever.

Happy Father's Day Dad....

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