It's Father's Day for all of the dads in the world, but my dad gets to double the fun by also having his birthday today. In honor of this momentous occasion, I wanted to write the 10 things that I love about my dad because I can't imagine having a father who's better than him. Plus, I wrote one about my mom on Mother's Day and I don't want him to get gypped out of his own top 10 list :).
1) He loves Jesus more than anything and goes to Him in prayer for guidance in his decisions.
2) He takes amazing care of my mom and has proven over and over that he takes the "in sickness and health" vows seriously (i.e. she's had a ton of surgeries and he's known how to help her every time).
3) He's so proud of his girls and doesn't have any problem telling us that.
4) When I was in graduate school, I got to go to his class and observe him with his students. He's so patient and consistent with the kids, so that made them respect and admire him as their teacher.
5) He's very active and adventurous... surfing (in Indonesia and CA), playing tennis, riding his motorcycle or biking up and down the coast with my mom, going to the gym on a regular basis, etc.
6) Doing acts of service out of love... there have been times when I'd go to visit my parents and I would come outside to find that my car had been washed, he has helped me move spontaneously(more than once), and has helped me put things together in half the time that it would take me to do them by myself.
7) Showing Emmy and me how important it is to keep the spark alive in a marriage. My parents had their weekly date nights while we were growing up, they still hold hands, and it's obvious that he's still as smitten with my mom now as when they were in high school.
8) Keeping our annual father/daughter fancy birthday dinner tradition going. We've gotten to eat some amazing food at some great restaurants (Duke's! Ruth's Chris! The one next to "The Pirates of the Caribbean"!) and I think we've been doing that since my 13th birthday.
9) He gave me a love of Led Zeppelin and great worship music.
10) Pulling Emmy and me out of school when we were kids (and occasionally work as adults) to do something fun like going to Disneyland because he realized the importance of quality time.
I know that I'm a very lucky girl because of the dad that I have!
