Dad

Impressions of Dad:

- Learning to iron by making his handkerchiefs as perfect as possible
- Watching for him to come buzzing home from work on his bicycle
- Smelling the sawdust on his work clothes
- Polishing his black dress shoes as he prepared to go dancing with Mom
- Watching him laugh when he found out that his three girls each bought him two bottles of Afta for Father's Day
- Seeing him smile when he figured out that we organized a surprise 50th birthday party for him
- Learning from him that medium prime rib is the way to go
- Seeing his happiness when we moved when I was 11 and he finally had a garden of something other than clay
- Giving him a gift of a pilot's lesson
- Learning from him about the joy of travel and the knowledge held in maps
- Loving the fact that one summer he made all three of us stilts (and started a neighborhood craze)
- Giving him some truly awful ties that he wore anyway to church on Sunday
- Swinging on the tire swing in the tree while he played horseshoes with his own dad

I love you, Dad! Happy Father's Day!