Dad
It's 2 am and so many thoughts and emotions are running through my head that I can't sleep. I can't believe you're gone. It happened in the blink of an eye. One minute you were there eating dinner that we brought you in the hospital and the next minute you weren't. Thank you so much for everything. I can never return all that you have done for me, given me and my family. I will carry so much of you with me for the rest of my days. You gave me a love for well trained dogs, chocolate dipped ice cream cones, reading, and a life long love of all things educational. Because of you I will never vote for a liberal, I'll never have any other dog for a pet besides a Great Dane, and I'll never listen to an Eagle's Song EVER without a smile on my face. You were the smartest man I knew and an expert on many things. You were an anomaly to me. A solitary man, very private but yet you could also be sweet and emotional at ...