My Daddy....

July 10th .... Today is my Daddy's Birthday, he would have been 66 years old and we would've had a celebration for him with lots of food, silliness & gifts (and he would have told us, "y'all shouldn't have done this" ) .... but not this year, we lost Daddy this past December.. So, instead of celebrating his birthday today I'm going to celebrate the Life he lived & the Love he gave.

 

The loss of a Daddy is a heavy burden to bear,

He's a source of quiet strength that is so missed when he's not there.

We take comfort that he's in Heaven looking down & shining through,

He'll be there through the coming years, watching over us and guiding to.

He's our very own Guardian Angel, and he'll be with us till the end.

When we meet again in Heaven and our broken hearts will finally mend....

 

My Daddy was serious, yet silly. He was firm, yet yielding. He was strong...Strong in strength, mind & heart. He was a loving husband, Daddy, Pawpaw, brother and friend. Although he wasn't without flaws, in my heart he made up for it tenfold. There were many demons he had to fight through in his lifetime and I think he succeeded in doing so. I believe if he had been given the choice to stay or go he most definitely would have stayed because he loved us so much. But life doesn't work that way and his time on Earth was done. So now we have a special Angel in Heaven... Our Daddy <3

Daddy worked as a Drywall man for many years. I remember wondering how in the world did Mama keep getting all that drywall mud washed off his clothes...

Daddy could play the guitar & sing very well. He even wrote a song that was produced & published by another singer, "Let's Go to God's House for Christmas" . He couldn't sing that song without making us girls cry..... "Let's go to God's house for Christmas, daddy please don't cry, it ain't so far away. Let's go to God's house for Christmas. Then we'll be there with mommy, to spend the holiday".... (I'm pretty sure he wrote this song in memory of his mama)

Daddy liked to hunt, and was quite good at that also.  I remember one time, he had shot a deer in the woods behind the house and couldn't drag it out by himself so he had to run all the way up to the house to get mama to help him. He was so out of breath from excitement and running that mama thought he was having a heart attack. hahaha

 

Daddy liked to fish to, especially with my Uncle Earl, his best buddy. Lots of Fish Tales & Waffle House stories between those 2 I'm sure.

My Daddy was a very smart man. He was book smart and street smart. No one could beat him at Trivial Pursuit (the original one in the blue box, the really hard one!) Some people know a little bit about a lot of stuff, but Daddy knew a lot of stuff about a lot of things.

Our Daddy was a Vietnam Veteran. He was very proud to have served and to be a Veteran of the United States Navy

Daddy bought himself a Karaoke system and loved to have Karaoke night at his house! He just loved having his sisters, Brenda, Sheila, Joyce & June to come over and sing all those Do-Whap & Oldie but Goody country songs. He also like it when me & my sisters were there singing to. Daddy would tell me how beautiful my voice was and how that we sounded like Angels singing.. (although I can carry a tune, I definitely wouldn't use beautiful or Angelic when describing my voice..but hearing my Daddy tell me that was the best thing!) 

Daddy LOVED the ocean, Gulf Shores was his favorite. In 2010 our whole family got a huge beach house in OBX and that's a vacation I will always remember...

Our Daddy LOVED Mama, that was for sure. They had 42 years together xoxoxo

 

Daddy sure did Love us girls to.. I feel that he had comfort in knowing that we were all doing well in life and that he had helped to raise 4 Great Daughters..... (even if I do say so myself :) )

The list of who all has been loved by Daddy goes on & on.. his Grandkids & Great Grandkids were all sparkles in his eyes....

 

 

This is an entire year of "firsts" for me, my sisters & mama. It's proving itself to be a hard one. I have my good days and my not so good days..... today is a mix of both. 

                                                                                                       



Happy Birthday Daddy... I hope your spending this day surrounded by love, music and laughter. I love you Daddy <3

 

If tears could build a stairway and thoughts a memory lane,

I'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again.

Since you'll never be forgotten, I promise you today,

A special place within my heart is where you'll always stay...