Monday, 9 April 2012

"The only gift is a portion of thyself." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was your father's 50th birthday.  Robert, you had given your father the crowning gift.  It was a framed list of "50 things you learned/got from your dad".  When he read the title of the list, he immediately began to weep. By number 5, he was blubbering mess!  I don't think there was a dry eye at the table, that day.  Things on the list varied from humorous lines like "You taught me that I could be anything in the world other than be as good looking as you." to sensitive lines like"When I was little you were my playground as you are now for Mac".   I suppose it would be safe to add that the 51st thing you learned from your dad was how to give a  stellar gift!

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