Thirty years ago today, my life changed forever.
Knowing full well that he has been watching, I often wonder what my dad thinks of us four kids, now that we are grown and have families of our own. Proud as hell I’m sure!!
All four of us are now older than you were when you passed. You would now be 67 years old, and still full of piss and vinegar as ever, but maybe a bit slower. You have gained three sons-in-law, and a daughter-in-law, that I am sure you are proud to call your own.
You also have seven grandsons and a granddaughter that you never had the chance to play with or hold, but I am positive you are watching over them as they go through life, and I am so thankful for that. I am also sure that you have inspired some shenanigans in these grandchildren that make us, now the parents, aware you are truly with them.
My dad was the kind of guy you just don’t forget, but maybe I’m a little prejudice. I still have people tell me things they remember about him, and that just warms my heart.
I know he is in a better place than we are and I also know a lot of good people have joined him in the past thirty years. I picture him having a grand old time with some long lost friends and family.
One day I will see you again, but until then, I just want to say, thanks for looking out for us Daddy, and we miss you.
For Frank Mathias Suhr
April 16th 1946 to June 11th 1983
