the dawn of an older age

remember when you first became a dad?
remember when you first held our beautiful daughter in your arms and you cried with happiness?
how about those endless picnics and tea parties and barbies and trampoline jumping and walks to the park?
do you remember reading bedtime stories at night?
dad taxi service?
how about those endless knight in shining armour duties of changing the oil in her car, helping her move, helping her get a leg up on her independent life, talking her down off a ledge when she's stressed and anxious and all the other countless things you continue to do for her every single day?

i do.
and i thank you.
happy father's day to an amazing man and father.
i love you.