something I am grateful for today

I have opted today not to be different purely for the sake of it -- instead, I shall go with the flow and post a Father's Day-related gratitude:

My dad has been gone for five years now. I do sorta wish he had been able to see our new house [I bet he woulda been impressed] or our new car [I suspect he might've had some difficulty with it, given that it isn't a Chrysler! But it was the first time I ever even attempted to buy a car without his input].

However, I'm glad that he was at least here long enough to get to know our kids. He liked them and they liked him. I think that was the most important thing I ever had to “show” him...