this is my dad. he is busy hugging on my niece and nephew. it is my favorite picture of my dad ever. i learned two things from this picture that i think are pretty important. i will be brief.
1. it is good to supply your parents with grand kids. there is a really good chance that you dont remember exactly the kind of person they were when you were a kid. watching them with little versions of you and your siblings adds a great perspective on the amount of love they gave to you.
2. my father is a great man. he loved me more than i ever noticed. being the kind of teenager i was, any love was a feat. if i ever felt unloved as a kid, it was my fault. my father loved me just like he is loving my niece and nephew in this picture. i have a much better relationship with him now than i ever did as a child. i hope its because i have become the man that he wanted me to be and not just because i am more tolerable.
thanks dad. i love you. i really did intend to write this before fathers day.
