Happy Father's Day!

This Sunday is Father's Day, father's day is not anything remotely like Mother's Day, it honestly isn't that big of a deal to dads and I think I can speak for most of us, that's OK with us.

I love being a Dad.  I have three incredible daughters that I would do anything for.

When I was 16, I lost my dad and unfortunately, I was the one who found him.  It sucked, and to this day it still does.  I miss him everyday and over the past 40 years there are so many experiences that I would have loved to have shared with him.  I know that he would have loved Sharon and they would have had such a wonderful time teaming up against me!

The purpose of this post is not to say how much I miss my Dad, but how sorry I am for what my daughters have gone through since September of last year.

Dads are not supposed to break.  Dads are invincible!  Dads can chase monsters away, make bullies cower in the corner, and fix or build anything.  Of course this is not true, but I believed it of my Dad, and for the most part my girls believe it of me.

Jessie, Sarah, and Hannah are all very different, and I have a very different relationship with each of them.  That being said, they all love classic rock, tolerate football, love the beach and know that I would do anything for them.

Since September, they have done more for me than I could ever do for them. They have supported me unconditionally.  Their patience with my weakness has been incredible.   My 2 favorite words are "Hi Dad!"

I'm not gonna lie, the last 9 months have been hard.  I'm good now, I really am, and I am confident in what God has planned for me.  But it certainly hasn't been an easy road and one that I don't care to travel down again.

I am so sorry that they have had to worry about me, be concerned with my pain, be patient with my lack of energy, and in the darker moments be concerned with losing me.

I have sat here writing this post with tears streaming down my face, with a joy in my heart that can not be explained.

Jessie, Sarah, and Hannah, I am proud to be your dad, thanks for your love and support.  Lets go party in Newport, laugh, love and cry they way we do every year, and be thankful for the years that we have to come.

I love you.

Eucaristia