by Wendy Pettit

Created on: June 16, 2008   Last Updated: July 11, 2008

The best Dad in the world
I can honestly say
Always there for me
In so many ways

Life lessons you taught me
Like right from wrong
Are tools I use
As I go along

You showed me salvation
Taught me to pray
I still do it now
To this very day

Confidence, you gave me
By letting me try
To do it alone
As you stood by

"I did it daddy"
I said with a smile
You knew I could
All the while

You stood by me
When times were tough
Stepped in to help
When I had enough

I wrote you a poem
For father's day
Said how I loved you
And counted the ways

I thanked you openly
For all that you've done
Went as far as to say
There was more to come

I didn't know then
You would soon leave
This world of ours
And me to grieve

I was lost for a while
Was going astray
Then I remembered
You taught me to pray

I prayed to God
And asked him please
To bring you back
I was on my knees

God did answer me
This He did tell
"Your dad did his job
And he did it well"

God took my dad home
For a job well done
It was time to reward
His beloved son

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