Glad you guys are pleased with the post and felt able to share. I just felt a need to express how much my Dad meant to me all of my life and how much he is missed. One thing that I am most pleased with is that I never once took my Dad for granted, that I had, at the very least, the wisdom to know that I was not going to have him for ever and I appreciated having been fortunate to have had such a great mentor, role model and Father. If my kids get only half from me that I got from my Dad.....they will have done well. You young guys who still have your Dad's around, cherish each moment you have them, as time is fleeting faster than many of us care to admit.
PS-I also have a picture of my Dad on the dash of my Jeep when I go fishing.......just hope he is looking out for me. (Maybe he will pull a few strings for me with the fishing Gods and hook me up with that trophy bass.) When that day comes, I know he will be the first person that comes to my mind.
