I hate this weekend...

I hate this weekend. Every year around this time, I go to the store and buy a Father's Day card. Well, I can't give it to the man I want to. So, my other Dad(s) get one. And it reads with a lighthouse backdrop...

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My Dad Is My Example

There are many examples to follow in life,

many men who are deserving of praise.

Whether doctors, or lawyers, or soldiers of war --

they've given in so many ways.

But of all the men who've accomplished it all --

of all the great leaders we've had --

not one will ever begin to compare

with the example I've had in my dad.

He's taught me his values, he's raised me with love,

he's always shown me his respect;

and though his name may never appear

in bright lights, he's one man you'd never forget.

My dad is my leader, my pattern for life,

and on him I can surely depend.

For I know he will be there

with arms open wide

to be my example --

my friend.

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And inside...

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You've given so much, Dad...

You've blessed my life.

And on this Father's Day,

I want you to know that I love you...

that I'm grateful for the example

you have been to me.

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Happy Father's Day

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I thank God for this man. Dan Berry has been my second father for my entire life. Although my Daddy is gone from this earth, he is not gone from my heart. I'm glad I can call on my Heavenly Father and my second earthly father to comfort me.

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Tell your Father that you appreciate him. Tell him that you love him. Tell him all those things that you can't. Tell him because I can't. I can't tell my Daddy that he was the best Daddy in the world. I can't tell him that even though we fought, I still looked up to him and respected him. I can't tell him how I need him here to talk to me when I'm unsure, to bail me out when I'm in trouble, and to comfort me when I cry.

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I miss my Daddy so much sometimes it hurts. I can't wait to see him again...

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-katie