Thank You Amanda

Dad

Happy Fathers Day!

Thank you for always being Supportive of me and encouraging  me!

I hope you enjoy These Stories J

I love you!

This is exactly what Amanda wrote in the inside cover of

What is now my copy of

Chicken Soup for the Father’s Soul

Exactly

Right down to the odd capitalization and left out apostrophe and

It was still there when I picked it off the bookshelf

Where her dad left it after selling his house to my dad and

Mom and

It was still there when I took it home

After a long weekend of moving boxes

With my dad and

Mom and

I can’t help but feeling that

It was all a slow developing plan to get me to cry

Repeatedly

Mostly while sitting on the toilet

But some people give their matchbox cars to their kids to play and

Some give a few

Buy a lot and

Keep the best old ones wrapped in kleenex in a box in the closet

Which is why Amanda’s copy of

Chicken Soup for the Father’s Soul

Won’t ever make it to your nookshelf and

Why I’ll keep getting misty eyed

Sitting on the toilet

It’s all your fault

Thank You Amanda!