My Dad: Jim Carter

I have learned lessons
And a lesson
A lesson of love
A lesson of accountability
A lesson of trust
A lesson of Prayer 
A lesson of family
A lesson of silence
These lessons
And this lesson
Have I learned from you
I get each word 
And hold it so strong
Maybe you thought 
By teaching me all this 
We would be tone apart?
No way, Instead i have learned to treasure you more
I know what it means
To live without a dad
But I now also know how sweet it is
To live with a dad
A real dad, a real father and friend
I don’t think I would be what I am now
Without you around
You have sheltered me
You have dressed me
You have fed me
You have fathered me
Tirelessly 
You have showed me the way
And walked there with me
You have comforted me
Always
Even in your silence
I learn a million lessons
In you laughter 
I learn trillions
In your walk
I follow your foot steps 
You're the hero of my life
The man I imitate daily
The hope i hold to
The miracle of my life
I love you dad,
And I can die saying that...
I love you my dad Jim Carter

Dedicated to the most wonderful man i know on the globe  
My Dad, Jim Carter.. Happy Father's day dad... You shine my life

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Arthur Vaso

Date: 6/22/2014 10:42:00 PM

This is one of the best father days tributes I have ever read, your dad seems a great and wise man and the apple does not fall far from the tree!!! Great poem!

Muhereza Rodgers Roger
Date: 6/22/2014 11:02:00 PM

Hello Arthur, thanks for the comment, true my dad is such a wonderful man, I love hope he handles situations with care but still risks stuff you would think he cant go for..

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/20/2014 12:15:00 AM

wow, an amazing tribute. You really love your dad!!! Wish I had that in my life. I just have my mom that I treasure that way. Can't wait to see this comment you have for me in the morning!!!

Muhereza Rodgers Roger
Date: 6/22/2014 10:58:00 PM

Dear Andrea, I sorry that you don't have a father but its not too late to love your mom so passionately that tomorrow you wont say I had her but never poured my heart out for her like I should have, My mom Cinda Carter is such a sweet mom to me and my dad too, I choose to love them more every single morning just like how i love your poems Andrea..RRC