Happy Birthday, Dad

I want to wish the happiest possible birthday to my Dad. Growing up, I could not have asked for a better role model as to what it meant to be a father. Even in the hardest times, my Dad would always find a reason to dream, or find a way to be happy in the smallest of things. Whether that meant after a hard week taking a Saturday road trip with my Mom and I where we took turns choosing ways to go after finding forks in the road. We’d usually end up in a little town in Kansas and my parents would let me find one special thing to buy from the town’s antique store. No matter what was going on in life or the world, I was never afraid when I was around my Dad. I can only hope to inspire the same faith now that I am a father to my son, Alex, and it fills me with such joy to be able to see the incredible grandfather my Dad will now be for my son. Love you, Dad. Happy birthday.