It is amazing what changes happen to you and your family in a year. A year ago we said goodbye to my father – the whale. I spent most of today reflecting on how i was supposed to feel, and then it hit me that I need to feel the way I do today, not how someone in a hallmark card told me to.
Today I look back on the many adventures my dad and I shared. I look back on the laughs we shared as we worked together. I smile at the tears we shared as a family. I reflect on the advise and words of wisdom he shared with me. Today I celebrate a man that made me who I am. I stand today a man of God who seeks to be the dad my father was and the husband he taught me to be. I thought a year later i would be brought to tears today. Instead I am smiling ear to ear at the thousands of stories he gave me.
I lot happened to us this year. It was a year of firsts- both saying goodbye to my dad, and saying hello to my second son Eli. We had to say good bye to close friends at work and sold our house (that is a story for another day.) Perhaps it was a year like that for you. It would be easy to reflect on the bad, but today in honor of my dad take a moment to reflect on the smiles that life brought you. As a family we look forward to next year. And i am going to start it the way my dad would want me to. tomorrow i head out for a ten day mission trip to South Africa. This is a day we will not soon forget.
Archive for July, 2009
