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My parents have been together since they were 14, so I was lucky to grow up with my dad around full time. Plus, I was an only child and grandchild, so I had 3 sets of people who thought the sun rose and set upon my head, lol.
Some of the things my dad did:
Always came to ALL my school stuff- awards ceremonies, open house junk, plays, musicals, graduations, etc. I cheered my whole life and he always made it to my ballgames, even though up until jr high & high school, all my pee-wee games were on Saturdays and most of them were during the college games, which he loved (he sat in the stands with a radio headset on, but never missed one). He even went to all the out-of-town games, even though I had to ride the bus with the other girls and players.
Lots of Saturdays, just the two of us would get up and go have pancakes at this breakfast place in town.
He taught me to ride a bike, swim, and water ski, all of which I vividly remember.
He played Frogger, Pac Man, Pitfall, Qbert, and Donkey Kong with me for hours and hours at a time.
He always helped me with my homework, especially when I had to memorize things.
He took me fishing and taught me how to cast a spinner reel.
He made it home every night in time to sit down and eat dinner with me.
He took me on vacations every summer.
He taught me to drive and took me to get my license.
He didn't yell at me when I totaled my new car, lol.
He paid for all my college undergrad expenses and insisted that I not work so that I could study and enjoy school.
There were lots of other material things and I never really wanted for anything, but that doesn't mean a whole lot if the other stuff isn't there.
Probably the biggest thing was that I always knew I could call him if I was in trouble. It didn't matter what; drugs, pregnant, problems with the law... anything. Even now, I know he would drop everything and come for me, no matter where he was or what he was doing, without criticizing, lecturing, or giving me a hard time.
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