Father's Day is this Sunday June 16th. I'd just like to take a quick minute to wish all the men in my life a VERY HAPPY Father's Day.

To my husband-you are my EVERYTHING. My rock, my biggest supporter, my strongest ally. Thanks for all you do for me, for our kids, for our family. Thank you for letting me get a dog. Thank you for supporting me when I decided to take a huge leap of faith and begin my adventure in to social media. I know that had to be hard for you because you are not as social as me.  Thank you for working so hard for us. We do not want for anything (well, I'd LOVE a Porsche Cayenne, but I'll work on getting that on my own ) I wrote a little something special for James for the Tampa Bay Moms Blog. You can read it here!

 

To my dad-I know you sometimes read my blog. I hope you decide to read it today. I know things are different between us now than they used to be. I remember being a young child and you were my everything. We had an unbreakable bond. But as we both got older, things changed. I moved away to go to college, I got married and moved further away. And now I have my own family. It's hard to believe I haven't seen you since September. It makes me sad. But it's life. And sometimes life sucks. Just know that I will always love you and I think of you every single day. You helped to shape me in to the person I am today.

Happy Father's Day

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