Ten years, it’s been ten years since you were called home. Our lives were, and continue to be, forever changed. I still think of you everyday and hope that I am making you proud. I’ve finally gotten serious about my health and have been losing a lot of weight. I realize now that all those times you seemed to be hard on me about it when I was younger, was just your way of trying to warn me and help me to be better. I’m sorry it has taken me this long to realize and understand, and that I never got to thank you. You’ve been gone ten years and I am still learning from you. Imagine that! I remember talks we had and as I think back on them I continue to glean new bits of knowledge that I didn’t understand or realize you were trying to share with me. I wonder how much more you had to share, what stories you never told, or I didn’t pay close enough attention too.  It seems the older I get, the wiser you become. We miss you, Dad, and love you, always.