One of the Greatest Dads on Earth...errr....I mean Heaven!

It's surprises me how fast time can go by. Today, it has been two years since my dad died. I can look back and remember pretty much everything from that day and that first month. Time and faith does make it easier to cope with losing him but there are still moments when it gets hard to not have him around. Life is so short and can change in an instant. Nothing is as important as my family and he taught me that, even with his death. And even though I still can't talk about him for too long without crying I know that he is still around.

I've never known anyone so friendly, funny, smart and lovable. Most, if not all of my friends loved my dad. Most, if not all the people my dad came in contact with loved him. I sware he talked to everyone everywhere because everyone knew him.

I try to remember the little things about him. The way he would look at you sideways with a half grin, or when he gave you a big hug he would pat your back with both hands back and forth fast. Or when he had something important to say and couldn't remember what he was saying he'ld point and wag his finger. Uncle Rog does the best impression of this. You should ask him one day.

Did he drive my crazy sometimes? Well, duh. I was a teenager once and I did get yelled at for being a stupid teenager. But, I look back on those days and am very thankful for the way my Dad stepped into my life then and later. Probably one of the last talks we had was just a few months before he died. It consisted of the type of boy I should be dating/marrying. He took me out to dinner and I complained about how dorky boys are. He told me to 'look past the dorkiness'. Most of them were good and that even he was still a little dorky sometimes. So, thankfully for Chad, I did what he suggested.

He was/is a great man. And even though I miss him a lot I know he is working hard in Heaven and watching over us. Love ya DAD!