My Hero

This is a picture of my two favorite guys in my life. My son Jack and my Dad Harry. Not long ago someone asked me who my Hero was. I took no time to respond by saying my Dad. It is often that I feel very lucky to have such an amazing dad. Much of who and what I am today is because of the parents I have. In this photo my Dad is teaching my son Jack how to drive the boat up in the San Juan’s. Boating is something my father loves to do, as well as spending time with his grandson.

When I think of the all the stuff my Dad taught me I often get a bit scared that I may not be able to teach my son all of it.  Growing up my Dad was a strong believer of working hard, having fun, not worrying until there was a reason to worry, and always help those less fortunate then you.  He also had great saying such as, “It will feel better when it stops hurting” “There are 3 kinds of people in the world, those that can count and those that can’t” “Don’t let your alligator mouth over run your humming bird ass” “Don’t ever start a fight but always finish it” The list goes on and on.

Not really sure why I wrote this post. I did just spent 6 days with my folks in Disneyland and saw such great interaction between my kids and their grandparents.  I felt compelled to say I have an amazing Dad and my son has a great grandpa and I  also just wanted to make sure he knows what a positive impact he had on me growing up and I can never repay him for being the man he was and is today.