here's to my dad! Happy Father's Day!

My father is phenomenal. I am exceedingly grateful for my dad’s consistent love, encouragement, wisdom, support, and sacrifice to my family and I.

I have many great memories with my Dad. Times we went fishing, date nights with dad, times he would take me shopping when I was a little girl, dad coming to watch my tennis matches and basketball games, and times when we would work on wood projects together making something ugly and worn into something beautiful. Even to this day, it means the world to me when my dad takes me to dinner, goes with me to help me decide on a big purchase, and helps me fix things at my house.

I will never forget times growing up when I would wake up for school and I would see my dad in the living room spending time with God. It encouraged me as I spent time with God, knowing my dad was also.

As I have gotten older, I have come to appreciate my father significantly more and more everyday because I see how the father that my dad has been to me has impacted my life. His character and love has forever changed the person that I am today. He has always put God first in his life and family second. Though, he has always worked a lot, he always would make time for our family.

I have a greater understanding of God’s character and His love for me because of the way my father exemplified the love of a father. My father has not only been a remarkable father to my siblings and I, but to many others. He was a father to my fiancé who died of cancer almost one year ago. He loved him well and would sit, talk and pray with him. He supported us believing God to heal him and fought with us to the end. My dad was one of Sam’s greatest mentor’s and was a father to him that he never had. My parents took him in as their own and allowed him to live his last several months in their house. They have sacrificed so much for my siblings and I. Others in my life have been deeply impacted by my own father as they have seen and experienced how he has been a true example of a sincere picture of our God as a Father.

I am so thankful for my dad who just simply loves me through all my failures, through all my faults, through all my pain, through all my crazy adventures, and through all my struggles through life. He has always been my rock, directing me closer into the heart of God. He simply loves and accepts me for who I am. He doesn’t try to control my life, but he trusts God to control my life and to protect me. He has been my greatest advocate, words of wisdom, listener, and the reason that I can go on today in my relationship with God.

I love my Dad! HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
Leah ☺