Dear Daddy,
Happy Birthday!!! I hope that so far your day is wonderful and only continues to be so. You are the only lucky duck who's birthday I'm usually home for- including my own! So your birthday blog post will be different than the others because I get to grace you with my presence as you read it. Mwahahaha!
Anyways, I'm super excited for you although you seem to carry the attitude of "it's just another birthday, nothing special." I'll tell you why it's special! Because today is the one day out of all the others that we get to celebrate you specifically. Sure, Father's day is around the corner but let's be honest. There's like a million other people that share that day with you. Your birthday is special because you are our focus. There may be other people who were born this day throughout the years but I wouldn't know any of them if it weren't for you!
I will always appreciate the things you've done for me and my sisters and Mom for as long as I live. I don't think there is anyone that would be better suited for us than you. You give us the world because we are your world. I know that I will never be able to repay you for all that you do for me, all that you continue to do, and all the sacrifices you will and have made.
One of my fondest memories with you is from going to see the second Harry Potter movie. You and I both know that going to see the Harry Potter movies was always our thing. I know other people came along, namely my sisters, a time or two but I always considered this my special Daddy time. Well, the second movie I remember actually going to see a little better than the others. At least for the in the theater part.
**SPOILER ALERT: for anyone who for some reason is reading this and hasn't read or seen the second Harry Potter, if you don't wanna know some of what happens, stop now. Otherwise, as you were.
The second Harry Potter movie was different because I remember getting scared. I don't know how old I was (I can't ever remember those details) but this was the first time I remember ever getting scared in the theater. It was when the big old snake (basilisk, I know) was chasing Harry and he had stabbed out the eye so he was hiding and the snake was slithering all over the place listening for him to move and got right up in his grill. That part super freaked me out. I don't know if you remember this but I hid behind your arm. I love this memory because even though I was super scared, you were there to protect me. And you always have been.
I know all to well that all our lives will slowly end and you won't always be physically present to take care of me and hold me up when I fall, but I know even when you can't be right there, you really will always be right there. I can always always ALWAYS count on you.
Daddy, I love you and I'm so grateful for all that you do. I know that I don't vocalize it near enough and for that I am sorry. You are my hero and I only hope that one day I find the man of my dreams that lives up to the standard you've laid before me of what a husband and father should be.
You're the best dad a girl could ever ask for!
Love Always,
Eliza Jean
