honorin' my pop...

it's father's day.
and my pop is heavy on my mind today.
he passed away about two years ago...
can't say it was an easy journey he and i took together...
but it certainly was an interesting one!

the last leg of the journey was particularly hard.
mostly, i know i wouldn't rewrite the script for anything.
mostly i know that i got more gifts the hard way than i
ever woulda gotten the easy way.

sometimes i waiver.....but mostly i have that.

being a parent isn't easy.
it means we have to become more.
and sometimes, i'm thinking we just aren't ready
for that.....and we just don't know when we step
into the job.

being a grown up kid of a parent isn't easy.
it means we have to become more.the same thing
holds true here. sometimes we just aren't ready.

i'm ready tho.
i watched my dad die without being ready.
and i don't want to do that.

i'm thinking honoring him today is reaffirming the
commitment to become more.

and so i will hold him in my heart today. i will hold
him with so much love. and i will take the things
i've learned from him, and i will become more.
i honestly believe i got the strength to do that from
him.

i honor you, today, dad...for all you were.
happy father's day.