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I read somewhere that few of us remember anything before age three, but I have a vivid memory of my father when I was two. At the time, he had a job delivering fuel to nearby farms and ranches and once in a while he would take me along for the ride.
I remember one day, we saw a cow with its head stuck between the strands of a barbed wire fence. The harder it struggled to get loose, the deeper the barbs bit into its neck. Dad parked the truck, climbed down the embankment and set the bawling critter free. My earliest memory in life is of my father performing an act of kindness!
Dad only had the benefit of a tenth grade education but he is wiser than many PhDs I have known. A man of large stature with a gentle spirit and a big broad smile, he spent his life in backbreaking labor, but he would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it.
He and Mom honeymooned 65 years. Now he spends his days and nights alone... but not really. Mom is there in spirit... in his heart. And Dad has the constant love and admiration of four children and more grand, great-grand, and great-great-grandchildren than I can keep track of, all of whom think the world of him.
Thanks, Dad, for the legacy you left us all. And thank you for being the best dad in the world.
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