TODAY MY DAD WOULD HAVE TURNED 63 YRS OLD. MOST OF YOU THAT READ THIS ALREADY KNOW HOW I LOST MY DAD, SO I DON'T REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT TODAY.
AS A LITTLE GIRL, I DID NOT HAVE MY DAD AROUND. THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM WAS WHEN I TURNED 2 YRS OLD. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT. THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM WAS WHEN I WAS 28 YRS OLD. GROWING UP, I ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT HIM. I WOULD SIT IN MY CLASSROOM AND DAYDREAM ABOUT THE DAY THAT I WOULD MEET HIM. SOMETIMES I WOULD DREAM THAT HE WAS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM WATCHING ME AND THEN AFTER CLASS HE WOULD SURPRISE ME. I HAD ALWAYS HEARD THE PHRASE, DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, AND WONDERED WHAT THAT WAS LIKE. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I HAD A WONDERFUL MOM GROWING UP. SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE. SHE NEVER GAVE UP EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS RAISING 3 KIDS ON HER OWN. FOR THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL. BUT STILL, HOW CAN ONE NOT WONDER ABOUT THAT OTHER PERSON THAT IS PART OF YOU? HOW CAN ONE NOT WONDER WHAT THAT PERSON IS LIKE? WELL, I GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET MY DAD AND SPEND TIME WITH HIM FOR 3 YEARS. THOSE ARE THREE YEARS THAT I WILL FOREVER BE THANKFUL FOR. NOT ONLY DID I GET MY DAD, BUT I ALSO GAINED AN OLDER SISTER, TWO OLDER BROTHERS, A YOUNGER BROTHER, A GRANDMOTHER AND AN AUNT AND UNCLE AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILIES. GOD HAS TRULY BLESSED ME WITH MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE HAD. GROWING UP IT WAS ALWAYS MY MOM AND MY TWO YOUNGER SISTERS. NOW I HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER FAMILY. I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH THEM, WHICH I REGRET TO SAY IS NOT OFTEN ENOUGH. I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I WOULD MEET MY DAD ONE TIME AND NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. GOD HAD MORE FOR ME. I NEVER DREAMED I WOULD GAIN MORE THAN THAT. I NEVER DREAMED THAT I WOULD GAIN A WHOLE NEW FAMILY THAT TOOK MINE IN FROM THE BEGINNING WITH NOTHING BUT OPEN ARMS AND LOVE FOR ME. BE THANKFUL FOR ALL YOUR FAMILY. NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. DON'T HOLD GRUDGES. ALWAYS LOVE THEM. THAT IS HOW GOD INTENDED IT TO BE. WE ARE NEVER PROMISED TOMORROW. YES, WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN ONE DAY IN HEAVEN, BUT THIS WORLD IS HARD ENOUGH TO LIVE IN AS IT IS. FAMILY IS GODS GIFT TO US TO HELP US MAKE IT THROUGH THIS WORLD UNTIL THAT FINAL DAY. LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS IF THERE IS NO TOMORROW. MY TIME WITH MY DAD WAS SHORT, BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR WHATEVER TIME I HAD BECAUSE I MIGHT NOT OF EVEN HAD THAT TIME AT ALL.
AS A LITTLE GIRL, I DID NOT HAVE MY DAD AROUND. THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM WAS WHEN I TURNED 2 YRS OLD. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT. THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM WAS WHEN I WAS 28 YRS OLD. GROWING UP, I ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT HIM. I WOULD SIT IN MY CLASSROOM AND DAYDREAM ABOUT THE DAY THAT I WOULD MEET HIM. SOMETIMES I WOULD DREAM THAT HE WAS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM WATCHING ME AND THEN AFTER CLASS HE WOULD SURPRISE ME. I HAD ALWAYS HEARD THE PHRASE, DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, AND WONDERED WHAT THAT WAS LIKE. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I HAD A WONDERFUL MOM GROWING UP. SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE. SHE NEVER GAVE UP EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS RAISING 3 KIDS ON HER OWN. FOR THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL. BUT STILL, HOW CAN ONE NOT WONDER ABOUT THAT OTHER PERSON THAT IS PART OF YOU? HOW CAN ONE NOT WONDER WHAT THAT PERSON IS LIKE? WELL, I GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET MY DAD AND SPEND TIME WITH HIM FOR 3 YEARS. THOSE ARE THREE YEARS THAT I WILL FOREVER BE THANKFUL FOR. NOT ONLY DID I GET MY DAD, BUT I ALSO GAINED AN OLDER SISTER, TWO OLDER BROTHERS, A YOUNGER BROTHER, A GRANDMOTHER AND AN AUNT AND UNCLE AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILIES. GOD HAS TRULY BLESSED ME WITH MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE HAD. GROWING UP IT WAS ALWAYS MY MOM AND MY TWO YOUNGER SISTERS. NOW I HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER FAMILY. I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH THEM, WHICH I REGRET TO SAY IS NOT OFTEN ENOUGH. I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I WOULD MEET MY DAD ONE TIME AND NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. GOD HAD MORE FOR ME. I NEVER DREAMED I WOULD GAIN MORE THAN THAT. I NEVER DREAMED THAT I WOULD GAIN A WHOLE NEW FAMILY THAT TOOK MINE IN FROM THE BEGINNING WITH NOTHING BUT OPEN ARMS AND LOVE FOR ME. BE THANKFUL FOR ALL YOUR FAMILY. NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. DON'T HOLD GRUDGES. ALWAYS LOVE THEM. THAT IS HOW GOD INTENDED IT TO BE. WE ARE NEVER PROMISED TOMORROW. YES, WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN ONE DAY IN HEAVEN, BUT THIS WORLD IS HARD ENOUGH TO LIVE IN AS IT IS. FAMILY IS GODS GIFT TO US TO HELP US MAKE IT THROUGH THIS WORLD UNTIL THAT FINAL DAY. LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS IF THERE IS NO TOMORROW. MY TIME WITH MY DAD WAS SHORT, BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR WHATEVER TIME I HAD BECAUSE I MIGHT NOT OF EVEN HAD THAT TIME AT ALL.
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Oh. You made me cry.
Love you sis.
DONT FEEL BAD JOY, I MADE MYSELF CRY TOO. LOVE YA
Okay, I just got done crying after finishing the boys' first haircut post, now I read this and am running back to the kleenex box again. Boy, this feels like a PMS day! We love you, Tina, and we're so thankful that you're in our lives. It's hard to imagine life before you were in it.
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