A Very Lucky Kid

Your Dad is reading to you. I can barely make out the muffled words over the electronic sounds of ocean waves. While we were on vacation we constantly joked about how we couldn't believe we were witnessing real, authentic ocean waves. We are so accustomed to your sound machine running all hours of the day.

Your Dad is a really good man. You are extremely lucky to have him as a father. He will teach you about history while showing you how to rewire an electrical outlet. He will challenge you mentally and show up if you want to kick a soccer ball around the backyard. He will be at all your games or plays or academic bowls. He'll be there. He has shown up since the day you were born and he isn't going anywhere.

I am a very lucky wife. And mother to have married a man who shows up at 5 am and 5 pm and midnight and 3 am. He shows up no matter how long his work day has been or how worn down his body is from building us our dream house. He will show up for you, Jack. And you may not appreciate it until you are older and have a kid of your own, but you are a very lucky little person...

to have a Dad who shows up every single day.