I'M GOING TO BRAG ABOUT MY DAD TODAY...FEEL FREE TO JOIN IN.

So it's been ten years today since my dad went to what he would have called is "long home". That's heaven for anybody unfamiliar with the King James Version ;) I don't mean to bring anybody down, I just want to take a minute to remember the best man (in my maybe not so humble opinion) that ever graced the planet since the Big Man left Jerusalem. Ten years, in some ways it seems like a week ago and other times it feels like another lifetime. I remember thinking that day, that nothing would ever be exactly right again. Dad was a preacher, but never a manipulator. He was an example of how to live when everybodys watching, and when nobody else would ever know. He'd advise you to put family first, and then show you what that looks like. He was the most Christ-like person I've ever met, and still had a sense of humor (there really should be more of that). He didn't have a bunch of degrees to hang on a wall, he just loved people so much it changed their lives. I remember one night we had finished doing our part to make PDX a little cleaner (one office at a time) and we had a flat tire on the van. I made the comment that when I got rich and famous I was going to buy him a new work van. I still remember that grin in his eye when he said that maybe by then he'd just prefer a comfortable car. Good call cause he'd still be waiting. I remember ragging on him for eating twinkies and him saying, whats the point of living forever if can't have anything you like to eat. Good point. The memories live on forever. If you had the good fortune to know the man you probably have some good memories of your own, feel free to share 'em. I'm off to pick up some Dr Pepper and some SuziQ's.