Fathers Day

Today Sunday June 19 2011
Happy Fathers Day to all Dads,isn't it great to be a Dad. The apple of my eye is my daughter Tegan, even if she isn't a little girl any more she is my best friend,joy of my life and the one I worry must about. She always is cheerful and I do worry to much about her[we all know that we do worry] but have been told that "it's my life and I do what I want to". I am sure that we have all heard this remark from the kids at one time or another. So I try not to interfere to much, but I still am the Dad. 

I think of my Dad and remember what a bad ass I was or tried to be.Being the youngest was good and bad for me as I got away with a lot, but hopefully learn from my transgression, well maybe.To paraphrase Mark Twain "when I was eighteen I thought my old man was dumb,but by the time I was twenty-one I was surprised at how much the old man had learned in three years". I miss my dad and the things we did. He was my first catcher and used a Dazzy Vance, old timer from the twenty's, glove to catch me,I had a lot of heat in those days .He was an old 55 when I was 10 but he still play catch with me. I just wish at times he could have seen my softball career I think I would have surprised him and maybe even pleased him a little.Still I miss him and have a picture of him in my mind and heart.Its been almost 40 years since he passed away but still hear him in my head. Thanks Dad for all the love and the joy of history and sports.

Happy Fathers Day till we meet again