The day I was born it was on New Years day,
You must have said to your self “I hope I can raise her ok”.
Always asking for wisdom, your knowledge so strong,
But sometimes criticizing can only go wrong.

Your words mean a lot and that’s probably why,
That when we talk I just cry, cry, cry.
One day I will stop needing advice,
And gee I bet dad, that’ll be nice.

I know that you think your daughter is just living a dream,
And if I don’t smarten up you just might scream.
My goals have all changed in the year that’s gone by,
I want my own house, and a Harley to ride.

So please when we talk have patience with me,
I know you are right and always will be.
You are the best thing that God ever made,
To be just like you, would be a treasure to save.

I know that the past years have been wasted away,
But I can promise you now my values haven’t strayed.
So when you are talking and sometimes too hard,
My tears are because you are right from the start.

I hope to succeed in the short years to follow,
Please don’t lose faith in your Pooker tomorrow.
Thank you for all that you have done in the past,
I know that you love me and that will last and last.

God sent me to you so you could pass on your mind,
To a twit of a kid that is ten years behind.
I can’t redo those years so I must carry on,
And hope that the future will see me get strong.

I love you Dad with all of my heart,
I know that you’ve loved me right from the start.
To listen to you I should have done all along,
But you know kids, they always go wrong.

So here’s to a new start in my life,
Let’s work together, and this time get it right.

I LOVE YOU FOREVER!

(TAMMY wrote this poem for her father about 4 months prior to her death)