Well for starters, I wish Dad was still alive to spend this day with his kids and grand kids. I also wish I was at home to spend this day with my own kids. Next year it will be different I hope, time is going bye too quickly. My kids are getting so big and they have lives of their own, all I can hope for is to be able to share some time with them and watch them grow in to the amazing young adults that they are. This generation is so different from when I was their age, the stresses and challenges that our kids face are so different. Elli is 12 and in ten years she will be graduating from college and starting her life. And at that same time I will be 57 wondering what to do with mine, I have three and a half more years of the Army and I will retire and after that I have no idea what life will have in store for Marie and I. I hope to stay put, the kids call Savannah home and hope to be able to keep us all together right there. There are many jobs that I would like to try my hand at after I retire, from EMS Pilot to greeter at Walmart. I am sure I will be able to find something in the middle somewhere. I spent my Army career flying the coolest helicopter in the entire world and I would not have changed anything about my career. Except for the few times that I could have put my family first and the Army second. I hope that some day my wife and kids can find it in their hearts to give me a pass. I know they understand my commitment to my job and my country and the feelings that I have about what it is that I do. But none the less there are so many things that I was just not part of in their lives and I can never get any of that back. For that I have much regret and all I can do is try to make it up to all of them as often as I can. You four are my life and I am so lucky to be your father and husband, It is the most precious gift I have been given and I love you guys with all of my heart. Happy Fathers Day........
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