The Father...

i just missed my dad all of a sudden and came across this e-mail from a friend. just want to share with everyone...

1. When you were 1 year old, HE fed you and bathed you.
You thanked him by crying all the night.

2. When you were 2 years old, HE taught you to walk.
You thanked him by running away when HE called.

3. When you were 3 years old, HE made all your meals with love.
You thanked him by tossing your plate on the floor.
4. When you were 4 years old, HE gave you some crayons.
You thanked him by coloring the dinning room table.
5. When you were 5 years old, HE dressed you for the holidays.
You thanked him by looping into the nearest pile of mud.
6. When you were 6 years old, HE walked you into school.
You thanked him by screaming, "I'M NOT GOING".

7. When you were 7 years old, HE bought you a baseball.
You thanked him by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor window.
8. When you were 8 years old, HE handed you an ice cream.
You thanked him by dripping it all over you lap.

9. When you were 9 years old, HE paid for piano lessons.
You thanked him by never even bothering to practice it.
10. When you were 10 years old, HE drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastic to one birthday party after another.
You thanked him by jumping out of the car and never looking back.
11. When you were 11 years old, HE took you and your friends to the movies.
You thanked him by asking to sit in the different row.
12. When you were 12 years old, HE warned you not to watch certain TV shows.
You thanked him by waiting until HE left the house.
13. When you were 13, HE suggested a haircut that was becoming.
You thanked him by telling him HE had no taste.
14. When you were 14, HE paid for a month away at summer camp.
You thanked him by forgetting to write a single letter.
15. When you were 15, HE came home from work, looking for a hug.
You thanked him by having your bedroom door locked.
16. When you were 16, HE taught you how to drove his car.
You thanked him by taking it every chance you could.
17. When you were 17, HE was expecting an important call.
You thanked him by being on the phone all night.
18. When you were 18, HE cried at your school graduation.
You thanked him by staying out partying until dawn.
19. When you were 19, HE paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags.
You thanked him by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of you friends.
20. When you were 20, HE asked whether you were seeing anyone.
You thanked him by saying "It's none of you business".
21. When you were 21, HE suggested certain careers for your future.
You thanked him by saying "I don't want to be like you".
22. When you were 22, HE hugged you at your college graduation.
You thanked him by asking whether HE could pay for a trip to Europe.

23. When you were 23, HE gave you furniture for your first apartment.
You thanked him by telling your friend it was ugly.
24. When you were 24, HE met your fianc� and asked about your plans for the future.
You thanked him by glaring and growling, "Faa-ther, please!"
25. When you were 25, HE helped to pay for your wedding, and HE cried and told how deeply HE loved you.
You thanked him by moving halfway across the country.
26. When you were 30, HE called with some advice on the baby.
You thanked by telling him, "Things are different now."
27. When you were 40, HE called to remind you of a relative's birthday.
You thanked him by saying you were "really busy right now."

28. When you were 50, HE fell ill and needed you to take care of him.
You thanked him by reading about the burden parents become to their children.
29. And then, one day, HE quietly died. And everything you never did, came crashing down like thunder on your heart.

IF HE' S STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HIM MORE
THAN EVER.
AND IF HE' S NOT,
REMEMBER HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE