This father’s day I decided to start this blog.  Not exactly the inspiration that makes most people start a blog, I know.  I want to find a means to communicate better with my wonderful daughters and this is a method that resonates with my girls, most certainly my oldest, Sophia.

Girls, I remember each of you as you entered this world.  Sophia in Oklahoma City…Phoebe in El Paso and little Chloe in Leawood.  You each have such a special place in my heart.  I can not fully explain how much I desire for each of you to find love, happiness and most importantly to find your voice.

To find your voice you must by loyal, kind, mindful, caring, hardworking, purposeful, funny, humble, loving, hopeful, optimistic, reliable, responsible and good.  A gentlemen named Shervin Peshivar posting these wonderful things, and I believe they represent the core of a person I would like to raise, a person I would like to be and the person I would like to call my friend, spouse and daughter.

Another person in my life (Milton Cooper) said three things are important in your life:  first, always give 100%…second, never give up and finally, it is not the color of your skin or your sex that makes you successful as a person.

Girls, the standard of life is not perfection.  The standard is owning your mistakes, picking yourself up and moving forward.  I have failed, sometimes in critical ways for which I am not particularly proud.  However, I am proud to stand back up and continue my path.

I love each of you so very much and I am having an absolute blast watching each of you grow up.

Your father.