MY DADDY!!!!!

I am doing ok considering the circumstances. I'm hating having to even post about this but I can't not show the world how incredible my daddy was. Below is an just an excerpt from what I wrote about my dad for his memorial. Even using the term memorial just doesn't sound right. And it was a celebration of his life. I won't post it all for fear it would be too lengthy but I think you'll get the picture if you weren't there:

"One of the best things I can think of to say about my dad is that I have always been able to have a close relationship to the Lord b/c of the example my Daddy set for me. I see my dad’s love for me and my brother as my human example of what God’s love for me must be like as my heavenly Father. Daddy might have been quiet and patient but his love was and is unconditional, unselfish and never ceasing; even when we might have taken a step or two away from the right path. I pray to be able to instill this kind of love in my daughters, his grandbabies, for whom he loved with all of his heart. "

"I will miss him more than I could ever express on this paper or to you. A piece of my heart is missing now, But I take comfort that he is holding that piece of my heart waiting on me to meet him again someday with our Lord.
He was and is and will always be my Hero."

My brother added today at the graveside service that although a piece of our hearts may be missing he left his light to fill that spot. Jonathan couldn't have said it better. And it was so completely evident by the number of people who came out to pay their respect to my daddy. I already knew he was amazing but to know so many many other people thought that was a comfort from God you just can not understand.

Things are not ok yet and won't be for a long long time. It's still hard to believe he's gone. We still need your prayers and I just have to say thank you from the depths of my soul for all the thoughts and prayers and little extras all of you have done for my family. You all know who you are and we love you for it.