So Long To My Dad

SO LONG TO MY DAD, RICHARD "DICK" JAMES VINCENT, WHOM PASSED AWAY SO FAST. I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SEE YOU ONE MORE TIME. TIME IS AN ILLUSION AND REALIZING EACH MOMENT IS GOLDEN. I LOVE MY DAD AND WE SHARED SO MANY FUN TIMES OVER THE YEARS. HE WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER MY JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. DAD TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH FOR 35 YEARS. MY DAD TOOK OUR FAMILY ON A SUMMER TRIP EVERY YEAR. ONE YEAR, WE TREKKED TO DISNEY WORLD IN FLORIDA. DISNEY WORLD WAS A BLAST! ANOTHER YEAR, WE TRAVELED TO COLORADO, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. MY DAD WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH MANY HIGH SCHOOL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS THE PROM AND NEWSPAPER, THE ECHO. HE ALSO LOVED TO READ BOOKS AND HIS BOOK COLLECTION WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE. LATER IN MY DAD'S LIFE, AFTER MY MOTHER, GRETTA, PASSED AWAY, MY DAD MARRIED HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND, MARY ANN. HE WAS MARRIED TO MARY ANN FOR 8 YEARS UNTIL HIS PASSING ON APRIL 25, 2014. MY DAD DIED A HAPPY MAN. IT WAS A GOOD ENDING TO HIS LIFE'S THEME OF STRENGTH, CHARACTER, AND ADVENTURE. I WILL MISS YOU DAD. YOU TAUGHT ME A GREAT DEAL ABOUT LIFE AND LIVING. MY DAD AFFECTED SO MANY LIVES. I LOVE YOU DAD... SO LONG NOW... YOUR SON, CHADWICK BY, CHADWICK ANDREW VINCENT JUNE 2014