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2196 of 2333	5:42 PM Sun 30 Jan
Subject: Tribute to Fathers From: Melody Monte

It greatly saddened me to hear that Kevin's dad passed away this week.
Only five years ago my family gathered to celebrate my own father's 75th
birthday, not knowing it would be the last time we would be together on
this side of heaven. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack two months later.

Fathers at their best can be pretty wonderful. At their worst they have
the capacity to do great harm. I know for a fact that many men on this
list are engaged in this amazingly challenging task and would like to
encourage you, to remind you that what you are doing is incredibly
important. And that the job description is hard to define!

Some time after my father died, my mother surprised me with a package
containing all of the cards that I'd sent my dad throughout my life.
Amongst the cards I found a note that I'd written him, it was undated but
the reference to the truck puts it during my university days (73-75) when
he was driving milk transport between cities. I thought I'd share it as a
tribute to a special father. All fathers who model their life after Christ
are special aren't they?

"What is a Father? A Father is...
- Someone who let you (when you're small) crawl all over him with a comb in
hand... looking for hair.
- Someone who says I don't care about the flower beds and then tells you
where & how & when to plant *what*!
- Someone who can shake the whole house when he turns over in bed at night.
- Someone who teaches you about medicine by having all KINDS of aches & pains.
- Someone who'll pick you up at the train station when it's snowing even if
the hockey game is tied.
- Someone who never gets mad no matter what happens.
- Someone who THINKS he knows whose fault it is (huh!!).
- Someone who truly cares about wearing the couch in properly!
- Someone who can make mom run to the back door yelling, "You forgot to
kiss me!".
- Someone who drives the biggest truck on the block.
- Someone who'll get mom to read this to him.
Love, Melody"

~~Melody
Worker, L'Abri List
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