MOVarazzi

Sunday, June 17, 2012

797. Happy Father's Day

I am very blessed to have my wonderful husband in my life, and he is a great dad to our two sons.  But today I want to talk about someone else:  my own dad. 


My dad is my hero.  He has always been the calming presence in my life, always the one that would listen and give solid advice, always the one sitting in the front row and cheering me on.  He is the type of person that stops and helps people in wheelchairs when they are getting off rides at Disneyland, rides that involve water where you may or may not drop your sunglasses out of your pocket into the water and never get them back while helping these people.  My dad does not care about his sunglasses. 

He spied on me at my first job when I was 16 (a fast-food restaurant—I was the drive-thru girl), not so he could make sure I was doing a good job, but because he was so proud, proud of me for having a job. 


My dad is the one that paid for my religious private high school.  He put me through college.  He supported  my decision to change schools and change majors (twice).  He is the one that encouraged me to travel to Europe on study-abroad programs.

He congratulated me when I got my first airline job.  And I flew him to London, first class (finally, I was able to pay him back a little bit!). 


He has helped me all along the way with big things and small, money and time. 

I would not be where I am today without him.  This post is for you, Daddy!  I love you. 


MOV
(read more great blog posts I wrote about my dad, HERE and then HERE and next HERE)

26 comments:

  1. --and, MOV, as a father myself, I'm betting your Dad appreciates your thoughtfulness as his wonderful daughter --and feels blessed.
    Happy Father's day to him.

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    1. thank you, Raymond! so sweet of you to say. :)

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  2. You have quite the SuperFan in your dad, and I believe the feeling is mutual. Great post.

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  3. How sweet! And very lucky indeed! When I got my first job, also in fast food, my dad showed up, not to spy because he was proud, not to make sure I was doing a good job, but to harrass me and make fun of me in front of my coworkers. Yeah, he was a charmer...but I loved the guy, anyhow :)

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  4. Aww, loved this! Very sweet. :)

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  5. What a lovely post. Your dad sounds wonderful. Hope you both have a wonderful day.

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  6. <3 <3 A beautiful tribute to your dad!

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  7. What a beautiful post! He sounds like a wonderful man. If I had a dad, sounds like the recipe for one I would want.

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    1. It is a good recipe: devoted, awesome, funny.

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  8. This was a beautiful post. I am so happy my father and I have grown close. Now, I can appreciate him the way you appreciate your father.

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    1. thanks, Nellie! and happy father's day to your dad too.

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  9. Awwww shucks. Sweet post to your daddy.

    Hope you had a great father's day at your house chica.

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  10. Aww I feel the same way about my dad :)
    I felt really bad as I completely forgot it was fathers day! But then again, so did my dad :P

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    1. ha! and is it the hyped up holiday in Britain that Americans make it into?

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  11. Just lovely. I have a fabulous father as well. In fact, I'm going to see him today and remind him of how much I love and appreciate him.

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