Dad

One of the many things Dad has taught me is to take pride in the work that you do. The tractor pictured was for sale and had a buyer but Dad wanted to still fix it up and make it better. Or, when Dad bought a new truck and had his old truck for a few weeks and still drove his old truck with 300,000 miles even though he had a brand new truck in the driveway. He takes pride in what he does and cares for many people beyond himself!

-Dad and I working on Saturday night March 28th waxing my car. He had a great deal of energy and wanted to work hard as he always has. In this moment we didn’t need to communicate. We both knew that this was time we were spending together and it wasn’t necessarily the task before us that we were attempting to complete.

“Eagle’s wings” is sung at a funeral. This tells me just how much music can affect our lives in a positive manner even at times like these. One final comment was seeing my father as the casket was leaving the church and seeing what he called was the “Local 4” bible placed on top of the casket. It isn’t often that I see my father cry but this was one time that I saw him fighting back tears. As I return this week I will remember Dick and the words of the priest that “Life is too short to be superficial or unhappy”