Thank you,

For organizing birthday games,

For dressing up at Halloween, 

For helping with taxes and insurance forms, 

For shopping for first cars, 

For tying ties,

For making walls pink or taupe or gray or whatever would be SO cool, 

For hauling mulch and shoveling snow alongside, 

For showing them eclipses and aquariums and oceans and cathedrals,

For leading the rosary – even when we are tired,

For roasting by the grill, 

For coordinating schedules,

For always thinking "the kids would like that" and then making it happen.  

Happy Father's Day and Happy Birthday soon to come.  We are so glad you were born and so grateful for all you the ways you show love. 

“Beautiful is the man who leaves a legacy, that of shared love and life.

It is he who transfers meaning, assigns significance and conveys in his loving touch the fine art and gentle shaping of a life.

This man shall be called, Father.”

― Stella Payton