Your Daddy

Dear Carynne and Sydney~
Today is Father’s Day, so I thought I’d share some of my memories of Daddy with you two. Your Daddy and I have know eachother for almost 10 years. We met at a bar in Oxford, Ohio in 1999. We went on a few dates together, but quickly realized a friendship was more our thing…Daddy would like to tell you that I made out with all his friends and thats what changed his mind (may or maynot be a true story;-) Over the years we’ve had lots of fun times together. Camping trips, “monsters in the pool”, birthday bashes, Bob Evans breakfasts, monon walks, fartings jokes and so much more it would take a lifetime to write about!!!! In the early years, most of those times involved drinking, partying and doing a lot of “1, 2, 3’s” but as we (and our livers) have gotten older, we’ve become family. Your Daddy is such an important person to me…my life would definitely feel empty without his presence in it. He’s taught me to be more open-minded, less judgemental and he’s taught me that farting in public can be really funny given the right setting!!! In case you didn’t know, I introduced Mommy and Daddy…and I take full credit for their getting married:-) I was so proud and honored to take part in their wedding, and when they told me about you guys I was ecstatic!!! It always made me feel so special when Daddy would call me “Aunti Sonya”…who would have thought a guy I met in a bar would be family to me all these years later?!?! I’ve never known a Daddy that loved his girlies more than yours. I miss seeing him “chipmunk” kiss you…I miss the pictures he would send out of you girls doing funny things at home with him…I miss seeing his face light up when he would come into a room and see you both there. It’s so hard because when you both passed, I remember being so focused on Mommy that I feel like I wasn’t there for Daddy like I should have been. At the funeral, when it was time to come up and say our condolences, Daddy looked at me and gave me the most comforting smile…I was already a hot mess before I even got up there. And I remember he said to me, “it will be o.k. Sonya”. How is that he could bring such comfort to me on such a day as that?!?! Girls, your Daddy is such a strong, kind, funny, silly, intellegent and fiercly loyal man. I know I could call him for anything…anytime. I feel so blessed to have known him…to continue to know him. I wish for Daddy the same that I wish for Mommy…that he find some peace. I know it will come in time…I know that someday I’ll see his face light up like that again…and that I’ll see those kisses come out of hiding to cover the faces of your sibilings. You are so special to him girlies…and as much as he is lucky to have you both, you are just as lucky to have him in return.
I love you lots and miss you tons and tons and tons girls!!!!
Aunti Sonya