Happy Birthday to My Hero

March 10, 2010

There are lots of conversations taking place currently that revolve around “daddy issues.”  I recently read an article that (correctly or not) identified roughly half of American adults as “unsatisfied or negatively affected” by their relationship with their father.

While I don’t know if those stats are true or made up, what I do know is that my daddy is the greatest man I think I have ever known.  That may put me in the small minority of adults who actually think fondly of their childhood and adolescent years, but I am telling the truth.

Today is my dad’s 66th birthday and I want to honor him in this small way.  He is a man deserving of honor because of how he has lived his life, how he raised his boys, how he loved and served my mom, and how he followed Jesus for over 55 years.

My dad comes from a different…