To my father who we lost to Leukemia in 1999<\/p>\n
I am grateful for all the lessons you taught by example, rather than by dictate. You taught me how to be a man, the importance of honor, respect, honesty, work ethic, and sacrifice. As I age, I have found myself to be more and more like you. I have come to a point where I better understand what was important to you when I was growing up. The fact you were a good man, and a great father are qualities to aspire to. In that thought I strive to do just that.<\/span><\/p>\n We lost you way to early and it is painfully unfair. There has been so much good that has occurred since your passing, and I am all too happy to report. It would have been grande to have you here to share it with.<\/p>\n Happy father’s day<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To my father who we lost to Leukemia in 1999 I am grateful for all the lessons you taught by example, rather than by dictate. You taught me how to be a man, the importance of honor, respect, honesty, work ethic, and sacrifice. As I age, I have found myself to be more and more like you. I have come to a point where I better understand what was important to you when I was growing up. The fact you were a good man, and a great father are qualities to aspire to. In that thought I strive to do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[107,15],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-father","tag-father","tag-fathers-day"],"yoast_head":"\n