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My Dad
Posted by Steve Holt on June 14, 2010 at 8:40 am
My Dad could divide a single stick of Dentyne gum into 6 equal parts for his 6 children to share.
My Dad could somehow make cigarette smoke come out of his ears.
My Dad could stitch a gash in one of his horses using needle and twine.
My Dad fainted when he watched a doctor stitch up a cut in my head.
My Dad could whip really hard.
My Dad could finish a house a week as a residential contractor.
My Dad could sweet talk a cop out of a well-deserved speeding ticket.
My Dad could catch the fresh eggs I threw down from our barn’s hayloft.
My Dad didn’t know his way around a kitchen.
My Dad taught me to hunt and fish and ride a horse.
My Dad called me on Saturday mornings at 6:00 to make sure I was up. I was in college.
My Dad raised tobacco, watermelons, strawberries, peanuts, pumpkins, popcorn, horses, cows and 6 kids.
My Dad took us to church 3 times a week. And every night of every gospel meeting.
My Dad left sacks of groceries on the door steps of poor people.
My Dad rallied our family to nurse an orphaned colt back to health.
My Dad.
Happy Father’s Day!
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