Happy 50th Birthday Dad

 

You were a young pup when you had me.

We have grown up together in a way.

You showed me the moon and made me egg-sandwiches.

You love music and are a natural performer.

  This maybe why I tend to break out in song and ditties myself.

You love trees.

You work very hard and you do what you love for a living. 
As a plant person you teach me what you know.

East Coast Summers,

California Sailboats,

Molokai/Oahu ferry rides.

Your sense-of-humor and story-telling-gifts make these

adventures part of me.

You are strong and endure.

You remind me to push myself physically and to

use-it-don't-lose-it. 

Cliff jumping, endless walks, and those crater hikes

make me braver and bolder.

You are unabashedly you.

And this helps me be me.

You are my dad.

So, thank you!