I one time put a list together of all the reasons I was glad to have my dad as my dad. One reason for every year we had been a father/daughter team. He started to read it and quietly tucked it away, to be read later in private. I'm not sure what he did with the list after his private reading but I hope he knew at that point in time how much I loved and respected him. Just for the record I still have a tremendous amount of love and respect for him.

This year - he wants money for his future tool purchases. I won't see him on Father's Day but will see him a few days later when I journey down their way to pick my mom up for our annual "girls vacation."