23 Thank you's to my Dad on His Birthday

1.   Thank you for the time you gave me

2.   Thank you for the hugs

3.   Thank you for showing me what it means to serve others

4.   Thank you for teaching me what hard work looks like

5.   Thank you for providing for our family

6.   Thank you for the quiet moments spent together

7.   Thank you for the combine rides

8.   Thank you for giving me a love of classic rock music

9.   Thank you for supporting me no matter what I aspired to do

10. Thank you for challenging me to always do my best 

11. Thank you for showing me how weakness in the Lord is strength 

12. Thank you for teaching me not to take myself so seriously

13. Thank you for being patient while I was learning to drive, It was needed

14. Thank you for teaching me that there are things of much higher value than money

15. Thank you for showing me how a man loves his wife well

16. Thank you for being an example of what it means to be brave

17. Thank you for teaching me how laughter is the best medicine

18. Thank you for reminding me that God will always be there

19. Thank you for leading by example and getting baptized a short time before you passed 

20. Thank you for teaching me how important community and family is

21. Thank you for picking me up when I fell

22. Thank you for always being there when I needed you

23. Thank you for being my daddy 



Saturn: Sleeping At Last 

You taught me the courage of stars before you left
How light carries on endlessly even after death
With shortness of breath you explained the infinite
How rare and beautiful it is to even exist

I couldn't help but ask
For you to say it all again
I tried to write it down
But I could never find a pen
I'd give anything to hear
You say it one more time
That the universe was made
Just to be seen by my eyes

With shortness of breath I'll explain the infinite
How rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist