Today my Dad would have been 79 years old.
I miss him everyday…but feel him with me in everything I do…
……in the Maine Sunsets…
…..in Coopers unrelenting WIT and his infectious Smile….
![my handsome baby boy!](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_8826-466x700.jpg)
…in Phoebe’s WARMTH and her passion for LIFE!
![PHOEBE](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_8805-466x700.jpg)
…Tate’s HUGE HEART , and absolute laser-like focus on his goals….
![TATE AND CHARLIE](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/tate-466x700.jpg)
I hear my Dad’s voice,
AS HE encourageS me back to standing UPRIGHT when I feel overwhelmed and exhausted by taking two steps forward and 5 steps back…when I want to just give up…I hear him say…”TOMORROW just might be the day!”….I see his smiling face from the front row of everything I did…and I feel his tight warm HUGS and how very much he loved me and his WONDERFUL life and how NOT once, not even for a second, did he ever give up HIS FIGHT…..
![MY DAD WITH TATE AND PHOEBE](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/coopspops-81.jpg)
MY DAD inspires me each day to be my BEST self…even if in THAT moment my best self is simply – letting someone speak first, or saying “Thanks!” or TAKING the high road…or Painting a portrait of a GIRAFFE AND A KITTEN…he is always there with me, rooted deeply in my HEART, which often aches and misses having a parent…he is with me always….
…..and I celebrate today the day he was born…..
![PHOEBE'S NEWBORN HAND HOLDER HER GRANDFATHERS HAND](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coopspops-21-500x335.jpg)
AS a GREAT and GLORIOUS day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!
So lovely. What is it about fathers and daughters? Whatever “it” is, you shared and will always share it with your dad…abundantly!
What a lovely tribute Lesli to your Dad. I’m glad I met him although briefly. I know how much you loved him.
By the way Cindy my best friend who recently passed shared the same Birthday with your Dad.
Happy Birthday Cindy! xo