Happy Father's Day to my Dad.

Dad,

I love you more than words can say.  From the very beginning, you have always been so gently guiding me to become the woman I am today.  

You always put your children first even when a daughter does not understand her father's endless patience for his children. You have been there for all of us. 

When we have let you down, you have been there to help us...

When we have made you proud, you were there to smile with us...

When we have left for school, you were there to invite us back home...

When we left to be grown-ups, you were there to cheer us on...

and when we came back home because the world was too much, you were there to offer your roof over our heads...

and when we have gotten married, you have sent us off with a gentle reminder that you weren't too far away...

Now, as we have all gotten older, some things have changed and some roles are reversed,

but one thing will never change...

the love between a daughter and her daddy.

To Jack from his daughter Jackie