Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day, Daddy.

What a great, loving influence you brought into our lives. You helped a lot of people in some of their most challenging moments, putting out fires, rescuing people from burning buildings and even once delivering a baby in an elevator! I remember so many times that when I’d tell someone who my dad was, they would say, “Oh, that Henry Gates would give the shirt off his back to help someone. Very generous…” That always made me feel very proud of you.

And I was amazed that you just seemed to know how to do almost anything from building a house from the ground up to taking an engine apart and rebuilding it, and so much more. You were even a great cook!

But I will always remember how you picked me up and carried me in your strong arms and raced me to the hospital so many years ago. You sat by my side throughout the most difficult time of my life and didn’t give up on me when everyone else said I was probably going to die. Even when it happened, you stayed with me and I believe your loving presence is a big part of why and how I made it back. I love you Daddy, and I still feel your presence very strongly in my life. Thank you for being my father, forever…

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