Why My Dad Is Awesome

My father’s birthday is tomorrow so I thought that it behooved me to share a bit about why I think he is the greatest dad ever.

1. He introduced me to music and playing musical instruments.

2.  He taught me about depth perception, the vanishing point, and shapes in things, thereby improving my artistic abilities.

3. He taught me to love nature by taking me out into it and telling me how to identify, trees, animals, animal tracks, and plants.

4. He taught me to have fun. He is great at telling jokes and it’s great fun playing, soccer, Ultimate, and Fugitive with him.

5. He taught me about acting. He taught me how to speak up and put myself into the character.

6. He taught me the value of hard work.

7. He taught me to respect the dignity of others by teaching me good manners and good morals.

8. He disciplined me when I was wrong and loved me no matter what.

9. As I got older, he let me start making my own decisions. It takes a lot of trust for a parent to do that.

10. Most importantly, he taught me about Jesus Christ who is the Truth.

My dad is awesome.

How To Refrain From Growing Up

1. Slide across the kitchen floor in sock feet.

2. Poke the fish in the pond and giggle hysterically when they try to bite your fingers.

3. Sing loudly at random times.

4. Catch lightning bugs, preying mantises, katy-dids, grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, snakes, etc.

5. Make up your own constellations when stargazing. (My personal favorite is the Tipsy Arachnid.)

6. Walk on the curbs.

7. Pick dandelions and blow all the fuzzy little seeds off.

8. Eat things you find in the woods. (I generally try to make sure these things are actually edible, but this is up to you.)

9. Sneak up behind people with the intent of scaring them.

10. Tell silly jokes.

11. Jump on the furniture. (Be careful. Grown-ups do not like furniture jumpers which is why I rarely get to do this one.)

12. Make up your own dances.

13. Count out-of-state license plates on road trips.

14. Climb trees.

15. Throw objects randomly at people.

16. Don’t eat tomatoes or squash.

17. Walk backwards in public.

18. Eat ice cream and enjoy it without thinking about how many miles you’ll have to run to work off those extra calories. (You can think about that later.)

19. Play Duck, Duck, Goose and Hide and Go Seek.

20. Most importantly, don’t lose your wonder and appreciation for the beauty of God’s creation.