Thank you
For
my mother
For
your service
For
your hard work
For
being there
For
being fair
For
being the keystone and patriarch of our family
For
your generosity
For
sharing your experience, work, resources and time
For
being so responsible and holding us responsible
For
being forgiving, positive, and supportive
For
bringing me to interesting places
For
your personality – including all the characteristics and habits that I’ll
always
recognize as uniquely yours
For
showing your support for me – in baseball, in school, at my wedding
For
being such a sweet man, even after so much of your strength had been reduced
For
everything
You have been one of the most positive influences I ever
hope to have in life. Your creativity,
hard work, loyalty, guidance, and caring will be my example for as long as I
live. I hope my life will be as long and
meaningful as yours was, and that I learn to live it with as much passion and
positive impact on others as you had.
And I know you wish that for me and for all of the family that remains
and is to come. You are my hero and, I
expect, the greatest man I’ll ever know.
