My Father

ANYONE CAN BE A FATHER BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN BE A DAD, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE BEST FATHER THAT A SON EVER HAD. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER YOU USE TO TELL ME STORIES UNTIL I FELL ASLEEP, AS I GOT OLDER YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME WHEN I GOT IN TROUBLE NO MATTER HOW DEEP. YOU WOULD TAKE ME FISHING WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE BESIDE ME WHEN I CAUGHT A FISH TO SHARE THAT MOMENT OF JOY. WHEN THINGS DIDN'T GO QUITE RIGHT YOU TOLD ME THAT TOMORROW WOULD BE A BETTER DAY, EACH NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO BED YOU WOULD STAND BESIDE ME AS I WOULD PRAY. SOMETIMES AS I GOT OLDER I DID NOT SHOW YOU THE RESPECT THAT YOU DESERVED, BUT NEVER DID I STOP THINKING HOW LUCKY I WAS TO BE YOUR SON THAT IS FOR SURE. THOUGH DEAR FATHER I MAY NOT HAVE SAID IT QUITE ENOUGH, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW DEAR DAD THAT I ALWAYS LOVED YOU VERY MUCH. WHEN THE TIMES COMES FATHER THAT YOU GET CALLED BACK HOME, I WILL NOT ONLY LOSE A FATHER BUT ALSO A FRIEND AND MY HEART WILL TURN TO STONE. IN CASE YOU DO NOT REALIZE IT FATHER I AM A WHOLE LOT LIKE YOU, I ALWAYS HELP OTHERS AND I'M NICE TO PEOPLE TOO. IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE STRENGTH AND VIRTUES YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME DAD, THEN LONG AGO DUE TO DIFFICULTIES IN MY LIFE I WOULD HAVE GONE STARK RAVING MAD. EVEN THOUGH THIS WORLD IS NOT ALWAYS THE HAPPIEST PLACE, I KNOW IN MY HEART I CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON THE GREATEST DAD THAT CAN BE FOUND ANYPLACE. I WISH FATHER THAT THESE MERE WORDS COULD EXPRESS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL, THAT I WISH THAT I COULD REPAY YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME AND MADE IT REAL. SO SOMETIME IF YOU ARE FEELING DOWN OR JUST A LITTLE BLUE, PLEASE REMEMBER DAD THAT YOU HAVE A SON THAT IS VERY PROUD OF YOU. I WOULD NOT HAVE EVER TRADED YOU FOR ANY OTHER FATHER THAT IS THE HONEST TRUTH BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANYONE COULD BE A BETTER FATHER THAN YOU. I JUST WANTED TO WRITE THIS FOR YOU ON THIS FATHER'S DAY TO TELL YOU DAD THAT I LOVE YOU IN EACH IN EVERY WAY. IF YOU ARE EVEN ONE HALF AS PROUD AS I AM OF YOU, TO HAVE A SON LIKE ME THEN I AM VERY LUCKY TOO. I HOPE THAT THIS CONVEYED TO YOU JUST HOW GLAD I AM, THAT YOU ARE MY FATHER AND IT WAS YOU THAT MADE ME A GOOD MAN. IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER LEWIS JAMES KOLTER DIED DECEMBER 16TH 1996 I MISS HIM DEARLY Written By Michael James Kolter