father's day!

this post is a day late, but better late than never! lol. plus my dad is anti social media, so i decided to not post on facebook, instagram or any other related account ;) 
for some reason, every year when father's day comes around, i think back to a childhood memory that has managed to stay with me to this day. i was in the second grade and our class had a field trip scheduled to red lobster (not exactly sure why...lol) without me knowing, my dad signed up to carpool. when it was time for us to leave class and head over to the restaurant for the day, he showed up, excited and ready to take me and my friends! my rebellious little self got upset and ended up driving with another friend, leaving my dad to drive over by himself. obviously, being only 8, i didn't think much about it..i didn't think about  the fact that he left work, came all the way over and actually wanted to spend time with me during this experience! i remember coming home later that afternoon feeling guilty..a feeling that most second grader's do not have. i went up to him and started apologizing for my behavior, thinking he would be upset, but he wasn't. he just smiled.  i always knew that my dad obviously loved me, but in that moment, i was reminded of how much he really really loves me. how much he loves my siblings, my mom, our family. 14 years later..although i have matured immensely (lol thank God), i still find myself messing up in similar ways. i'm not perfect, none of us are. i do sometimes take for granted HOW TRULY blessed i am to have such an amazing dad in my life. regardless of my faults and my "mess-ups", it's comforting and wonderful to know that he will still love me. my family is so beyond blessed to have such an incredible, loving, hard working, sacrificing, God fearing (the list could go on) man in our lives. cheers to SEVERAL more father's days...and cheers to my mom for marrying a man that was born to be the world's best father! <3