MY DAD WAS A GOOD MAN HE LOVED HIS WIFE PAULINE PRATTE  AND HAD 5 KIDS .MEET MY MOM WHILE IN THE NAVY .THEY GOT MARRIED 2MO LATER AND WERE TOGETHER FOREVER SO LONG THAT THEY KNEW EACH OTHERS NEXT MOVE .BUT LET ME TELL YA MY DAD WASNT THE EASIES MAN TO LIVE WITH  BUT MY MOM WAS ONE STRONGE LADY.AND AFTER SHE PAST  AWAY THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING MY DAD HAD EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH HE LOVED HER SO MUCH SHE WAS HIS LIFE .HE COULD BE A JERK WHEN IT CAME TO HIS KIDS BUT HE DID LOVE THEM JUST NEVER REALLY SHOWED THEM HE WAS A STRANGE GUY .I WAS VERY CLOSE TO MY DAD OUT OF 5 KIDS I WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR MY DAD AFTER HE LOST  OUR MOM AND HIS WIFE .I KNOW SOMEPEOPLE AND EVEN FAMILY MEMBER TREATED HIM LIKE CRAP BECAUSE THEY ONLY WANTED MONEY FROM HIM AND HE WOULD NOT GIVE  THEM MONEY .I WILL ALWAYS SUPPOST MY FATHER EVEN WHEN NOBDY ELSE WAS THERE FOR HIM I MISS HIM SO MUCH  WHAT ALOT OF PEOPLE DIDNT UNDERSTAND WAS MY DAD DIDNT KNOW HOE TO SHOW HIS FEELINGS AND A LOT OF TIMES THINGS THAT HE WOULD SAY WOULD SOUND  REALLY BAD BUT REALLY DIDNT MEAN FOR IT TO COME OUT THAT WAY  NO MATTER WHAT I WILL ALWAYS LOVE MY POPS  
      LOVE YA YOUR DAUGHTER SHARON