Papi, Padre, Pater, Pop

Father figures are a blessing, but nothing takes the place of a father.

In a couple months it will have been 10 years.

Daddy Stuff

I was reading through a document I've been writing over the years that catalogues a lot of the little mannerisms and sayings of my father, and it made me misty-eyed but made me laugh too. I'm glad I did this, it helps. Here are a few gems to share:

 

Upon finishing a good stretch (complete with loud, affected yawn) he'd say: "I’d stretch a mile if I didn’t have to walk back.”

If you accidentally drove out the entrance of a fast-food or other such parking lot, he’d say you were “going out the inxit.”

When it was well past time to eat: "I’m so hungry I could eat the south end of a north-bound hog"

When perplexed by something he was working on or trying to learn: "I don’t understand all I know about that."

When he'd see a car crammed full of people go by, he'd say: "There goes the Woodall’s!" And if you replied: "The Woodall's?" He'd say: "Yeah, they would all go, but they cant all fit in the car." ;)

Ok, peeps…I’m off to Alabammy to visit the family. See y'all Monday evenin'.  Call your dad, if you can.