an excellent father

David tenford Sanderson.
I have something i know a lot of other people don't have. I'm not bragging i'm just appreciating it. It is a father, a dad who is there.

a good parent. The definition is different to most kids. To me its them teaching me to be the best i can. Learning, is the most i can do from them, i mean they taught me how to walk, talk, eat, sing, smile, give thanks, set goals, drive, and love. i just listen and as much as i want to ignore their advice, and their discouragement, i take it.

But my dad. I learn so much from him and what he does. i'm not as stubborn as him or a perfectionist, either, i'm not like him, but still i learn from our similarities and differences. I think i'm as laid back as i am because he is a perfectionist.

I wish i could share my dad, with everyone who doesn't have one, i wish that they could expierience, what its like. to have a dad that loves you and teaches you and trusts you with most everything. I wish that everybody had memories like me, like catching fish in the rain, sitting in the boat for hours and laughing still. Or once i designed a loft bed and i saved money to buy lumber and we spent hours building it, painting it, assembling it. I eventually had to take it out of my room and he ended up cutting it up so he could build a stand for his topper. I was sad. But thats ok i don't think i would have been able to use it again anyway.

or i always love to think of my dad, and we're on a camping trip riding in our big white ford, with the 5th wheel and boat behind or in the winter a snowmobile trailer, the whole family smiling and laughing because my dad is singing at the top of his lungs to a country song on the radio, practically dacing while driving.

he is so special to me, well my whole family is special to me. but i've always really appreciated having a fantastic dad.

I hope everyone has a chance to feel what i feel everyday, when they look at their own dads.