[Lillie]

watching my father as he ages...gone are the strong arms that use to lift heavy items and replaced are the tattered muscles of a man who worked hard his whole life..gone is the thickness in his stong neck and replaced by the wrinkles of age..gone are the muscular thighs that use to bounce me to a giggle frenzy and be the seat in which I sat when I needed just that spot on my daddies lap..gone are the strong amazing hands that use to lift loads and loads of laundry daily and haul it to and fro..replaced by liver spotted hands that still have strength..gone are the shoulders of a man who carried the weight of his world..replaced by the hunches caused by the burdens of his time...

but I am most humbled by his ability to still make me laugh from the deepest part of my heart that will always love him for the strength he has passed to me....

I am truly humbled by a man who has given me this life...

I love you dad!