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January 11, 2007
My Dad
My Dad is one of my role models in life. (Mom being the other major role model!) He has worked hard his entire life, facing setback after setback, but I've never seen him give up or stop trying. He went back to school at a time in life when most people are comfortably settled in whatever job they're going to stay in til retirement, and he kicked butt. One of the proudest moments of my life was when I was sitting in the audience with my Mom and brother and we watched Dad cross the stage to get his degree. I don't know who glowed more, him or us!
I inherited my Dad's sense of humour. It's a very British sense of humour, with lots of dryness to it. We lean toward the sarcastic in my family, but it's always meant as humour, not to hurt. I told my husband before he met my family for the first time, "If they tease you, you're fine. If they're excruciatingly polite, they don't like you." My brother, my Dad and I drive my Mom crazy because she doesn't have the same sense of the wry that we do, but I don't think that's stopped us yet.
I love my Dad. He's strong, smart, loves his family, caring, friendly... We always joke that Dad can't go anywhere without running into someone he knows. We could drive across the country and walk into a restaurant and there they'd be, someone waving and calling his name. It's gotten to be a family joke, along with the fact that he never gets a bad parking space. Every time he pulls into a parking lot, someone is pulling out of one of the closest spots and he says, "Thanks for saving my spot for me!" as he pulls in to the vacated space. *chuckle*
If I wore stripey toe socks, my Dad would rock them so hard that they would fall off. On the Cool People Meter, he ranks right at the top.
Happy Birthday, Dad!!!!
Posted by Lys on January 11, 2007 11:41 PM
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