Six Word Fridays ~ Toast

There was a time, before you

knew me...or dreamed of me...

that life's journey swept you away.

You traveled far. You traveled well.

Eyes open, mind engaged - ever the

student, eager to learn and explore.

Georgia Tech, ROTC, Masters of Architecture,

the Air Force and work abroad...

all those things that came before 

there was a me, before us...

all those years that shaped the 

man who would become my father

are years that I now cherish.

And I cherish those years not

because they filled you with knowledge,

but because they taught you the

greatest lesson you've passed to me:

Never stop questioning. Never stop learning.

As a professor, as a mentor

and especially as a parent, you

passed on a heart to learn.

You passed on the heart of

the young man I see in

these gorgeous old, newly discovered, photographs.

The man I see here is 

the man I know. Though time
may have added a few wrinkles,

the humble eyes and broad smile
are unchanged. I see, in the
young man, the father I love -
ever and always eager to learn.

And so, daddio, here's to you!

I raise my glass and toast

the man who's shown me the

wisest of ways...the way of

the learner, the student of life.

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Also linking this post to

Little Things Thursday

and

Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop