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….my Natasha Benindfield impression….

So today I declare Father’s Day Take Two. Because the guy I married deserves more than one a year, especially this year.

For working 16 hour days, sometimes 3 jobs at one time this year. For saying to me yesterday, “I woke up in the middle of the night and just stared at him for awhile. He’s growing so fast and I’m miss seeing it.” For driving 60 miles back into the city late one night because baby’s Donkey was missing and he couldn’t bear the thought. For taking over the education of our older two children. For teaching us Psalm singing even before we joined a church that valued it. For having the best hairy legs in the world and for not caring when I put my cold feet on them. For listening to all my rants and soapboxes and even taking more than a few of them seriously. For being the first person who seemed to really think I was smart. For not laughing when I said, “so let’s move to Tennessee!” and for bringing us here where we love to live. For ignoring my stupid belief that facial hair was gross and growing a great goatee. For hanging my porch swing and building an awesome clothesline for me right away in this new house. For Andrew David, Celia Christine, Clara Irene, Wheaton Thomas, and Rowan Kenneth. For looking into my eyes and holding me through the birthing of each one. For changing dirty diapers. For making great cheesy eggs for the kids when I was too tired from nursing all night or sick with pregnancy. For all that being Clara’s father meant, including even grief. For missing the kids with me when we’ve only been gone a couple of hours. For always promising and following through on fun things like fires in the backyard, swimming on sunday, or driving to Cades Cove so we could go sledding. For being a man who doesn’t let people down and who will always exceed expectations.

I baked a cake. The kids are making cards. We’ll clean off the porch like he likes to see. Some men are just more than one Father’s Day.

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