Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Progenitor

You gave me
The best of you
A sapling tree
That only grew

Well or ill
Good and bad
You loved me still
Happy birthday Dad!

12 comments:

  1. You have expressed such beautiful sentiments here! Made my heart sing. Love 'a sapling tree that only grew.'

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  2. Hey thanks Mary, it was nice that you chose father and son on my father's birthday. He is a man of few words so I kept it short and sweet.

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  3. Bob, it sounds like you are close to your father! What a blessing. Hope he had a very happy birthday.

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  4. This is so moving, Bob. How wonderful, to have such a lovely relationship with your father. Parents do give us the best of themselves, as best they can.

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  5. Happy Birthday to your lovely Dad !

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  6. Hi Sherry, they do, not just physically but genetically as well 😆

    Hi Rall, thank you so much!

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  7. Very happy blessing of a poem.

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  8. Hi Brother O, thanks a lot!

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  9. This is such a sweet and joyful write deeply touching the core. "A sapling tree / That only grew"...Sooo love this!

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  10. Cool! A happy way to say thank you and happy birthday all in one!

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  11. Hi Sumana, thank you, it also refers to my family tree as I have 2 younger brothers.

    Hi Susan, thanks, that's what I was shooting for.

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  12. what a lovely and loving, respectful, and beautiful gift

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