Monday, July 27, 2009
My father, where do I begin? From the first time I remember until now I was daddyAaas girl until Beth was older then we both were. I will always remember the days we would take off in his truck (one of the many he owned) and tell mom we had to go to the store, but in fact we went to one of the local bars, he bought me a coke and pickled bologna and crackers if I promised not to tell mom. I went fishing and hunting with dad and we had lots of stories about our trips. Usually it was how I AaA"got the killAaA it was true for the most part but there was always a catch. Dad dropped out of school back in the day but he was determined to get a high school diploma, which he did before I did, I remember helping with his math homework and how proud he was when he graduated. One thing about dad he made ever one feel like they were number one it what ever they did. I remember the tears in his eyes when they found me when I was hiding in the closet for several hours, I only came out because I saw the police lights and dad by the police car, I thought something was wrong with him so I ran downstairs and out to see what was going on. I also remember the look in his eyes when the dr. said it was a good thing he took me into the hosp. when he did because my appendix had burst. I remember the day I left for the Army he had tears in his eyes but he assured me they were tears of joy because he was so proud of me. My dad was very brave and loved everyone he was my hero. I will never forget our trip to Germany. We were the only ones interested in visiting his heritage place; we had a great time until Uncle Bob and I thought dad was lost and only had 10min. to catch the train back to Stuttgart. I didnAaat want to leave without him but uncle Bob said we had to go back to the train station and low and behold there was dad standing and the gate wondering where we had been, I really thought he had too much to drink to find his way back to the station but I was wrong. He had a great time dancing on the table in the HB tent with the beautiful Australian young girls. So many memories! I WILL CHERISH FOREVER I WILL MISS YOU DAD I LOVE YOU!! Your#1 dtr.
