Remind me to share some great stories about our health care system and how I spent the last week in two cities dealing with a less than co-operative gall bladder.  I had a few “drafts” in my back up file, so thanks to my good buddy, Scott Bourne, the blog stayed alive with some good material.    As I’m writing this I’m still in the hospital looking forward to life “on the outside” almost any day. 

But today is Father’s Day and it’s time I came clean publicly with my own Dad.  So Dad, here’s the truth about all those questions you had so many years ago:

1) I was never really worried about my sister getting punished for whatever it was we both did when I was around 12.  I only knew that if I cried hard enough in her defense I might not get the punishment I deserved!

2) Remember how the top on the only convertible you ever owned used to squeak when you tried to put it up?  Okay, so I was doing about 40 with the top down in December (in Ohio) – I was 16 and didn’t think about wind velocity versus putting the top up while moving.  Cool though – it almost picked the whole car up creating my own version of the flying house from the Wizard of Oz.

3) My college did NOT allow cars to underclass students - I paid rent to the manager of the College View Motel to hide the car behind the building! 

dadOkay, I think I’m clean.  In spite of a wealth of stupid things I did – you’ve never not been there for me!  You’ve always supported me and been there to help me up when I fell, no matter how old I was.  You’ve never doubted me and never stopped believing in whatever crazy ideas I’ve had.  So Pop, Happy Father’s Day – sure do love ya!

And to my fellow Dads out there – enjoy the day guys!  To those of you not yet Dads, but hoping to be – there’s nothing quite like it.  And for all those kids and Moms out there who made us Dads – we obviously couldn’t be Dads without you!

Happy Father’s Day everybody – make it a great one!

“Skip’s Dad” by Bambi Cantrell