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Eulogy for FatherI bind been having a helping of feelings since my fathers illness and death and we will see how long the feelings will cede me to speak.By far the biggest feeling I pay off had has been gratefulness. Gratefulness to have stood in the shade of my fathers tree. Because to me my father was like a tree in many ways. An oak tree. An oak whos taproot was anchored in faith and in the Divine, and with branches and leaves that arrange as a home for those round. I stood in that home and for that I am so grateful. Its an experience that I wish I could stick out into a couple of words and then tell you. People I talk to say sometimes I guess you sightt expect your family to be like the Brady Bunch. I dont have the heart to tell them that I wouldnt invariably trade my family for that, nor for anyone. It was an incredible experience to grow up in my family with my contract and father.My fathers tree was st fitting, you couldnt push it, and it was strong. It was a place f or everyone around him to glow. He wanted others to glow. He enjoyed and reveled in the glow of everyone around him...not except his own. It is a beautiful thing for a man to be able to do that. I honor him for that. And boy, do I feel a little dwarfed by comparison. A couple of weeks ago I told him, Dad, you have always done things so deliberately and calmly you have been a great role model for me. I just feel so overwhelmed by trying to follow in your footsteps. He looked at me and motioned with his attain as if throwing a b totally at me and said, Oh youre all right. Somehow that oh youre all right was the biggest blessing. He had told me many times that he loved me, that he was sublime of what I did, but this sunk deeply into me and I felt it as a blessing from him like I had never original before. All the times my father told me of his love for me, or how he was proud of what I was doing or what ever, were still with me but this simple phrase go me in a unique way.I think I can speak for all of my siblings when I say that we always knew within our family that we were loved.