#12 Call Your Dad

Today is your daddy's birthday.  When you stop living with us, make sure you call him on his birthday.   While you do live with us, make a production and a cake.  You will never know how much he loves you until you have a son of your own.  He would lay down his life for you without a moment's hesitation, never forget that.

Your dad has been shot at in four countries and has been rocketed on more than one occasion.  That was NOTHING compared to the fear he had when you were in ICU with RSV.

This is the man who COULD NOT WAIT until Thanksgiving Day so that you both could wear your Dallas Cowboys gear and play football in the front yard.  The fact that you were 11 months old and could not catch or throw made no difference to him.  Daddy is not one to be deterred by details like a lack of fine motor skills.

Your dad is a man among men and if you end up being half the man he is, I will consider myself a huge success for bringing you into this world.