ITS DADS BIRTHDAY!!

 

 

 

 

THAT'S MY DAD :) 

I MISS HIS SMILE, I MISS THE WAY HIS COLOGNE LINGERS IN THE AIR AS HE PASSES THROUGH THE HOUSE, I MISS HIS VOICE CALLING FOR ME TO GRAB HIM A WATER BOTTLE AFTER A HARD WORK-OUT, I MISS HIS LITTLE JOKES ABOUT FREDDIE AND I GOING ON OUR DATES AND HOW HE WOULD ALWAYS ASK, "WHERES MY FOOD? WITH A CHUCKLE LOL!! I MISS HEARING HIM SNORE AS I COME SNEAKING THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR HIS SNORE ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL SAFE, I MISS HIM GREETING ME WHEN I GOT HOME FROM GOING ANYWHERE AND IT ALWAYS MADE ME SMILE, I MISS HOW OFFENDED HE WOULD GET IF WE DIDN'T STOP BY HIS ROOM JUST TO SAY HI!!! I MISS HOW HE WOULD ALWAYS MAKE ME GO WITH HIM JUST TO CASH IN HIS RECYCLE BECAUSE FOR HIM IT WAS HIS WAY OF HUMBLING ME LOL!!! HE WOULD LITERALLY PACK HIS RED VAN FROM FRONT TO BACK EVEN THROW IT TO THE TOP OF THE ROOF AND HAVE ME SIT IN BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT HAHAHA!!!! I CANT BELIEVE I DID THAT LOL!!! I MISS HOW HE MADE ME LUNCH, TIL THIS DAY I STILL HAVE NOT FOUND ANYONE WHO MADE A SANDWICH AS GOOD AS HIS:) I MISS HIS SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST,  HIS BURNT HAMBURGERS DURING THE HOLIDAY BBQ'S, I MISS HOW HE WOULD ALWAYS SIT IN THE LIVING ROOM STUDYING HIS SCRIPTURE AS THOUGH HE WAS GOING TO BE TESTED THE NEXT DAY,HE TRAVELED WITH A BOX FILLED WITH HIGHLIGHTERS COLOR PENCILS AND PENS AND STACKS OF CHURCH MATERIAL I WOULD ALWAYS HIDE IT BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE CLUTTER LOL!! HE HATED THAT ALOT, I MISS HIS BIRTHDAY BLESSING AND HUGS IN THE MORNING I MISS HIS YUMMY DINNERS AND EVEN IF WE WERENT HUNGRY WE HAD TO SIT AT THE TABLE MY DAD WAS A FIRM BELIEVER IN "EATING AS A FAMILY" I MISS HOW HE WOULD PLAY THE MEDIATOR WHENEVER MY SISTERS AND I WOULD FIGHT AND HOW WE WERENT ABLE TO END FHE TIL HE FELT THAT WE WERE TRULY APOLOGETIC AND THAT MEANS YOU BETTER CRY MY DAD ALWAYS FELT THAT CRYING WAS FROM THE HEART AND IF HE DOESNT SEE TEARS THEN YOUR APOLOGY WASNT SINCERE LOL!! SO BEING THAT WE ARE 5 DRAMA QUEENS AND A DIVA MOTHER WE WOULD HAVE FAMILY HOME EVENING FOR 5 HOURS UUUGGGGHHH!!! AND SOMETIMES LONGER MY POOR BROTHERS I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE GIRLS IN MY FAMILY TAKE AFTER MY MOM STUBBORN LOL!!
AS MY BROTHERS AND SISTER GATHERED AROUND  KIFI HOLDING HIS CAKE I COULDN'T HELP TO THINK THAT WE EACH HAD A LITTLE PART OF HIM IN US, CRYSTAL HAS INHERITED MY DADS LEADERSHIP AND UNITY, I'VE NOT ONLY GOT HIS BEAUTIFUL FACE LOL!!! JK  I WOULD SAY I TOOK HIS LOVE FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF HOW PEOPLE FELT MY DAD WAS KIND TO EVERYONE AND IM THE SAME WAY AND I ALSO INHERITED HIS INTELLIGENT BRAIN LOL!!! TEVITA HAS MY DADS HUMILITY HES CONSTANTLY DOING THINGS FOR OTHERS AND TRIES TO GO UNDER THE RADAR, LOLOHEA HAS HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, DEELEY HAS LEARNED TO BE CHARITABLE SHE WILL GIVE HER LAST DOLLAR TO THE HOMELESS GUY ON THE CORNER AND MY DAD IS THE SAME WAY, MAUI INHERITED HIS LOVE FOR THE SCRIPTURES SHE CAN QUOTE EVERYTHING IN THE SCRIPTURES JUST LIKE MY DAD, LOSALINE AND MY DAD ARE JUST THE SAME THEY CAN MAKE FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE EVERY WHERE MY DADS DRY CLEANING LADY WAS IN TEARS WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAS PASSED :( ANDREW HAS HIS ATHLETICS AND FIE'LELI JEANS PATRICK HAS INHERITED DADS LOVE FOR DANCING HE WILL ROCK TO ANY BEAT AND OUR BABY KIFI IS MY DADS SPITTING IMAGE, HE KNOWS THAT WITH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION HE CAN BE NUMBER 1 AND BECAUSE OF MY DAD HES VERY COMPETITIVE HENCE SEMINARY BOWL LOL!! EVEN THOUGH DADS GONE HE STILL LIVES ON INSIDE OF US.

DAD WAS OUR FOUNDATION, OUR SENSE OF DIRECTION, HE WAS OUR COMPASS TO GET THROUGH THIS LIFE, HE WAS OUR TESTIMONY OF THE GOSPEL WE BELIEVED BECAUSE HE WAS LIVING PROOF, HE WAS THE PATRIARCH OF OUR HOUSE,  OUR PROTECTOR, HE WAS THE COUNSELING WE GOT TO GET US THROUGH A WEEK HE WAS THE VOICE OF REASONING OUR PROTECTOR, HE DEFINED LOVE THROUGH ACTION, HE TAUGHT US HARD WORK ALWAYS PAID OFF, THAT EVERYDAY SHOULD START WITH A PRAYER AND BEFORE YOU LAY YOUR HEAD TO SLEEP YOU SAY ANOTHER PRAYER!!! SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HEAVENLY FATHER DECIDES HIS TIME HEAR ON EARTH IS OVER WHAT DO WE DO??? WHO DO WE LOOK TO FOR COMFORT NOW??? AND THAT'S WHEN I KNEW THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN TAKE HIS PLACE WAS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, IT WAS HIM ALL ALONG MY FATHER WAS ABLE TO BE EVERYTHING WE NEEDED BECAUSE OF HEAVENLY FATHERS BLESSINGS <3 SO EVEN THOUGH DADS NOT HERE WE KNOW WE WILL SEE HIM AGAIN THANK YOU DAD FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TAUGHT US I CANT WAIT TO SEE YA AGAIN, BUT UNTIL THAT SWEET REUNION I WILL CONTINUE TO SEND YOU MESSAGES THROUGH OUR PRAYER I LOVE YOU FOREVER AND REMEMBER DAD AS YOU BUILD OUR HOUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE I WANT MY OWN ROOM CAUSE I'LL BE MARRIED TO FREDDIE MY OFA ANGA :)