Memories of Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving draws near I always begin thinking of you more heavily   Daddy. It is a special holiday for all of us and it was for you because it involved family. You loved your family and we loved you. I cherish the memories of all the Thanksgivings we shared and I am glad I have a video of us around the table in 2008 getting ready to chow down on a hearty meal mommy worked hard to prepare for us in love as she has done for the past 4 decades. I still remember us visiting you in rehab on Thanksgiving day in 2013. The day had began as most Thanksgivings of the past, God waking me up and me enjoying the Thanksgiving Parades as we all get ourselves together to come share the holiday with you and mommy. We practically lived for that day. LOL I remember the night before baking the butter cake for you. I cut you some slices and put them in a cookie tin. I also have seared in my memory when I gave you a slice of it while mommy was in the kitchen room heating up your Thanksgiving dinner in the microwave. My heart was breaking inside because I knew once we left you were going to be alone and that we would be in two separate places but I remember your happy reaction when you took a bite of the cake and you rubbed your feet together LOL I felt like a little girl who drew a picture for her parent and smiled as she saw the joy her parent expressed when seeing what she had made. It makes a child proud to make her parents happy and for them to be proud of their accomplishments. I thank you daddy that you supported me and you gave me advice when I would hit road blocks in life and most of all being there when you could help. I will never ever forget your unselfishness when it came to us and the love we saw every time you would visit us or we would visit you. I thank God I had a home you could come visit and relax and feel at home. I feel the same way when I visit the house I grew up in. It is my home always even though I live in my own home now but the one I grew up in will always be my first. Know that not a day goes by that I don't miss you daddy and I love you more than words can express. Wish you were still here so I could give you a hug, kiss, and another piece of cake. Your grandkids and great grandson miss you so much as well. We will be thinking about you this coming Thursday daddy as we do all the time and you will be with us in spirit as we continue on in life one day at at time without you physically. You may be gone from our eyesight but you are always present in our hearts. Happy Thanksgiving in Heaven Daddy. I love you.