MY FATHER WAS MY STEP-DAD AND HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THEIR FOR ME FOR THE 62 YEARS HE WAS ON THIS EARTH. NY FATHERJUST PASSED TWO WEEK AGO. AND YES I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM AS I KNOW THAT HE IS IN A BETTER PLACE, BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE THOSE OF US THAT HAD FATHERS OR EVEN STEP-FATHER CAN SAY THAT WE CAN THANK THEM FOR HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS THAT WE WAS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT LIFE ITSELF. BUT ALL IN ALL HE WAS A FUNNY MAN AND THEN THERE WAS TIMES WHEN HE WAS MEAN. MY MOTHER CALLED HIM A BIG OLD BEAR WHEN HE WOULD YELL AT PEOPLE. THE FUNNY THING THAT MY FATHER WOULD AS ME IS CAN HE COME DOWN TO LIVE WITH ME. i SAID OK, HE HAD THIS NIKE HE WOULD WORK ON AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO RIDE IT TO VIRGINA AND I WOULD SAY HOW WITH AND H20 TANK ON IT. I WOULD TELL HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO BLOW HISELF UP AND OTHER AS WELL. HE WOULD JUST LAUGH AT ME . THEN AT TIMES WHEN I WOULD CALL HIM ON THE PHONE HE USE TO ANSWER THE PHONE AS IF HE WAS MY MOTHER, I WOULD LAUGH AT HIM. I WILL MISS MY DAD SO MUCH HE WAS  A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT FAMILY MAN AS WEL. AT HIS HOMEGOING SERVICE I CRIED AND SO DID A LOT OF PEOPLE. MY MOTHER PRAISED GOD THE WHOLE TIME SHE EVEN  GOT US AND SHOUTED AROUND THE CHURCH. MY DADHAD SOME BIRDS FOUR OF THEM AND I TOLD MY MOM THAT I WAS GOING TO TAKE THEM HOME, BUT WHEN WE CAME BACK SOMEONE LET ONE SET OF BIRDS GO, MY MOMSAID THAT MY DAD CAME AND GOT THE BIRDS AND TOOK THEM UP TO HEAVEN WITH HIM AND THAT IS SO FUNNY BECASUE WE LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR THOSE BIRDS AND DID NOT FIND THEM. THESE BIRD CAN NOT MAKE IT ON THERE OWN BECASUE OF THE TYPE THEY WAS., NUT ALL IN ALL WHAT I AM TRY TO SAY IS WHEN A LOVED ONE GOES ON TO BE WITH THE LORD WE HAVE TO BE HAPPY FOR THEM, THEY HAVE NO MORE PAIN AND THE FUN THING IS THAT GOD ALWAYS LET THEM LOOK IN ON US FROM TIME TO TIME. AND SOME TIMES THEY WILL SEND US A LITTLE REMINDER THAT THEY ARE THERE WITH US.