To all you Dads out there.....Gommy wishes you a wonderful day. Grandpa Mike had a great day so far. Gommy fixed Grandpa a super-duper breakfast of bacon, eggs, orange juice and homemade biscuits with strawberry jam. Then it was off to the beach. It couldn't have been a more beautiful calm ocean if Gommy had ordered it up for Grandpa. My daughter Tracey and her husband Johnny along with the grandkids, Samantha and Brandon surprised us and came to swim with us while we were there. Swimming in the ocean with your kids and grandkids, on a beautiful, sunny day in Florida....ahhhhhhhhhh - you can't ask for more than that. Well, maybe that Grandpa didn't have to go to work at 1pm and he could maybe stay at home, on the couch, and watch the U.S. Open Golf Tournament on TV ????? Okay...we are grateful for what we did have.
It really is true that anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a DAD. I know Grandpa Mike has always been a great DAD and Step-Dad. He has been and still is so proud of his son Michael and my children, Terry, Tracey and Tiffany. And he has been a terrific Grandpa as well. He agreed to have my grandson Terry come to live with us for a whole school year, a while back. Having a teen in the house is a lot to ask of someone who works seven days a week. I believe it did my grandson a world of good and I know Mike enjoyed helping him he and never complained once. That takes a real big heart. But anyone who knows Mike knows how big a heart he has. He is the proverbial guy who would give you the shirt off his back. There have been times I have had to rein him in so he didn't literally give his last shirt away....I guess you could find other things to fault a man about.
So Gommy wants to tell all you Dads that you should enjoy every single second of the time you have with your children. These are precious times and they go by so very fast. There may be days that you will want to pull your hair out by something they have done, but you will find that it is all worth it when they do something out of the blue that make the buttons on your shirt just pop off..... Make memories with your children. That is all they will have when you are gone. It is the best gift you can ever give them. It is what we all look for in the movies we watch that make us all warm and cozy. Nostalgia.....That is the feel good feeling that just makes you wish you could get it back.........even for just a day.
