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I had the best Daddy in the world. He was so smart and loving. He always told us that he loved us. His kids, Mom, his farm, his music, his family, friends and nature were all that mattered to him in the world. He didn't need anything fancy. He loved to listen to music---I didn't understand his music back then. I do now. He loved Connie Francis, Guy Lombardo, Glenn Miller, Kay Star, Dean Martin, The Mcguire Sisters, the Andrew Sisters he even liked Blondie's "Heart of Glass". He used to sing Glow little Glow worm Glimmer, Glimmer, to me when I was little. His song to Mom when they were dating was "I want some Red Roses for a Blue Lady". I remember him singing "Hey Good lookin What ya got Cookin, how about cookin Up Somethin Good for me" to Mom when we were little. When your a kid you think your parents will always be around. I miss my Daddy everyday. I have questions for him and I can't ask them. I'm glad that I have my MaMa. She is such a good MaMa. She misses you so bad Daddy. You would be so proud of her. She has been so strong. Daddy was so respectful of older people. He was very close to his parents and would still cry about them.
He use to tell Mom that he had been up at the cemetary. He would go there to visit his parents. And now I go there to visit you. He sold chicken eggs to buy his first brand new car. He was one of the last 1% of small farmers left in America. Daddy you would be so proud of me, I talked to Luna Leopold and met him. Remember I told you that I wanted to visit with him. I showed him granpa's geode and sea fossils in the rocks from the barn. I told him how much you admired his Dad. I even showed him the video of you standing by the rock with his Dad's name on it. What a nice man he is. He is very thoughtful. He was very interested in hearing about your life. I told him that I wish you two would have met. You would have reminiced about the way it used to be. You two would have been speaking the same language of your admiration for nature. I loved going to th
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