There’s a heavenly Father
and
then
there’s
my dad
He passed away many years ago
Kind of
See
he still figures in a bunch of things
like
my upbringing
that I like baseball
things he taught me
things he said
You know
the
good die young
and
the
very very good
even
younger
some times
I show pictures of him
to
our
sons
now
Tell stories about him
With the
passage of time
many of his friends
have
joined
him
so
he has excellent company
indeed
Served in the Army
during
World War II
was a medic
His folks were poor
so
he
made
a road for himself
and
was
very generous
very
If you get the picture
my
dad
was pretty awesome
that
would
be
accurate
Would not surprise me
in
the
least
if
the heavenly Father
grabbed
him early
to shore up
His
ranks
Fortunately
that
skips
a
generation