These last few weeks have been very, very hectic. We have visited Mark and Liz and the kids in Wyoming, gone to Provo to see Addie and Goose, been to Seattle to see Ty, Dana and the Maxster, had Matt and Wendi over for dinner and on and on. It is kind of a blur to me.
In the middle of all that, we found out that Mark and Liz will be adding another family member, Goose asked Kristen to marry him and Meggie has announced she is excited to be able to get her driving permit when she turns 15 in March.
Life is so, so busy and for Margaret and I it almost always involves family. It is both the greatest blessing I can imagine and stressful at the same time. We want to be everywhere with each of you at the same time and that just can't happen. We are also finding it is very expensive to try and keep up with this crew.
I was lying in bed this morning thinking about all of this and realized what a great blessing each of you are in my life and that truly there is nothing that I could replace in my life with the relationships I have with each of you that would bring me even close to the joy I feel thinking about each of you and what you mean to me and our family collectively. We have a great bunch of people in our family, not only from a goodness type of perspective, but from a professional and family perspective and even a righteousness point of view. You are all good men and women, good moms and dads and hard working, honest and faithful to each other and others in your families. It is a blessing I can't even begin to express in words how I feel.
I don't know how much longer I will be on the earth, but I do know that the remainder of my days will be a constant reminder of how lucky I have been in mortality to be in such a group of people. Mom and I didn't start out thinking we would have x number of kids in our family. I never remember saying that after so many, that was it. You all just kind of happened and I truly think it was the plan from the beginning as I can't imagine our family without each one of you in it.
I also know that in many ways I am the odd man out as regards to kindness, goodness and many other wonderful attributes you all have, but maybe that was part of the plan also. You all have and continue to make me better in all areas of my life. Thank you for that. We all know that I'm the standing joke in the family and rightly so, but I will always be grateful that dispite all my warts you are there and I can trust you and rely on you if I need it. You all don't realize what a great influence for good you have been in my life. As every daughter has come into the family and the grandkids, each one adds another flower to my bouquet of life and enriches all of us even more. It is wonderful to have so many good people in my life.
Sorry for these pathetic musings but I am overwhelmed sometimes in thinking of how blessed I am.
I love you all,
Dad
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Dad you are a good man and a very good father. I don't think you are the joke of the family, that would be Mark. I love you and I also love our family.
AD
Well said, Mick. We have a great family, and you've been the leader of the band. Not in a Paul Schaefer sort of way, but in a Dan Fogelberg sort of way.
And as the family expands, we add strength unto strength. While I know it is tough for you and Mom to make so many trips out to see each family, it helps keep us all bound closer together.
Hopefully, we can stick to our current yearly (or even twice yearly) reunions to keep things close.
And Adam . . . am I really the family joke? That's a good one. (Punk.)
I too feel very grateful to be a part of this wonderful family! And, Mick, these boys being so great and being able to land such quality women has a lot to do with you. You are such a great man. I am blessed to have you as a Father-in-Law and thankful that Max has such a great grandpa to look up to. There may be a lot of laughter in your direction from some of the family, but it is definitely good-natured and LOADED with love! How could you not love the Mick?!
Mark I was just joking about the joke of the family thing. It felt like a funny thing to say when I typed it out, but I guess it probably wasn't that funny. You are a good man, and thanks for the advice the other day.
AD
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