Father's Day Poem for my Dad

To honor a father, is more than a card

To make you feel all warm and fuzzy

It’s a life that I live, like a sower with good seed

Living out the principle’s you’ve taught me

I’m indebted to you for so many things

A card could never repay

Or even come close to expressing my thanks

And admiration on this Father’s Day

For who would I be without your example

And what would I believe in my heart

The way that I live, and the convictions I hold

Honor you as to others I impart

To pass on the legacy of salads and juice

Of cayenne and lemon in water

The lifestyle of learning to care for this temple

 Just by my diet, they know I’m your daughter

Or my love of discussion, to brainstorm ideas

And communicate in a way that sinks in

Whether art, or a poem or an essay or one liner

In this way we are very akin

Or why am I social? Making friends with great ease

Knowing how to affirm and inspire

Selling books door to door, or teaching a class

In our genes there must be the same wire

The way that you work, using your talents and time

To “make it happen” every day

I’ve learned self motivation

Being responsible for results, not excusing failure away

Because if life gives you a lemon

You make lemonade

You always learned and you grew and prayed

Because character is not made in a crisis

It is only then displayed

But most of all things from you that I’ve learned

Is the amazing love of our Lord,

You modeled it to me, going above and beyond

I am so humbled and honestly floored

How could you delight in giving so much

So unselfishly you give and you give

And now in my life, I honor you too

With the same attitude I want to live

And as I read this, I’ll probably choke up

I know someone else who does that too…

But there’s no one else I’d rather be like

Dad, there’s just not another you

Happy Father’s Day