My Father aka My Hero

To my father with whom I love with the entirety of my heart.

Words don't have the ability to ever express to you how thankful I am to have you in my life. You have done more than just raise me to be who I am today. You work harder than any other person I have ever met in the world. Even after working a twelve hour day, you return home to sit in front of the TV in the living room still working hard until you decide to fall asleep and repeat the very next day. Your hard work ethic has inspired me to always give it my all in everyday life and never give up. When you were released from a previous job, you made the risky decision to start your own small business as an energy consultant. At the time, you had a middle school age son along with two younger children. Even though there was an evident chance of complete failure, you gambled and succeeded. You never gave up, you knew what you wanted, and you strived to achieve just that. In doing so, you not only provided for your family of five, but you taught us all an important lesson of going after a dream and not giving up.

When the entire world is collapsing around me and I feel kicked down to the ground, you offer a hand. You help me back to two feet and remind me that I am not done just yet with the fight. With your advice and encouragement, I stand back up and continue to fight for what I want.

Although I may not tell you every single day as I should, I hope you know that I love you. I really do appreciate all that you have done for the family, but most importantly for me. I am where I am today because of you. You always used to tell me that your goal was always to provide a better life for your children than you had. It's with this in mind that you made the decisions you did. I hope you know that it didn't go unnoticed. I see the struggles you face and I admire as you tackle each one.

I hope you know that everything I do in my life is in an effort to make you proud. I want to show you that I have learned from you and I have taken your advice into deep consideration. I want to provide for my future children what you have provided me with.

Dad, I love you so much and I hope that one day, my child will look at me the way that I look up to you. May you never go a day without seeing how appreciated and admired you are. But most importantly of all, I hope you know that you are the greatest father I could ever hope for. I'm so honored and blessed to have you as a positive male role model. I love you, Dad.