Dad

 We know you were tired, and you put up a good fight   but you had to move on

Your pain is gone you are either walking the sloughs of Heaven  or sitting in your boat reeling in the crappies in Heavens lake.

Every time we hear the geese call out in the skies  or see a fish jump in the waters

We know it is a sign from you.

 

When the clock strikes   2 pm we know it’s  Dt Pepsi time

We will hear the crinkle of the can like you used to do  like when we were kids and you would do it until we took it away your little  game with us  we will feel your presence

 

You were bigger than life in our eyes and the void in our hearts is deep

We will pull from all the great memories we have shared as a family

Already it seems everywhere we look they come flooding back

The fishing trips and Sunday afternoon Pepsi’s

 

We know you always worried about Mom and us girls

Even after we married you still stood watch

Please rest assured Dad us girls will stick together and be there for mom

You taught us well how there is nothing more important than family

 

We love you Dad and while we know this is really a see you later not goodbye forever

You are missed dearly the silence left by your departure is deafening

A few lessons you taught us were to always check the forecast for freezing rain , watch for deer on the road and you have to keep moving forward

Goodbye for now Dad-