"In Loving Memory of an Amazing Man I Never Got to Meet"

For My Husband's Father
I only regret I never met You....
You gave me the greatest of gifts I could possibly have here on earth......
Your Son.... My Wonderful Husband....
You must have been an amazing man to have raised such a man....
Thank You from the bottom of my heart

I REMEMBER DADDY'S HANDS FOLDED SILENTLY IN PRAYER
AND REACHING OUT TO HOLD ME WHEN I HAD I NIGHTMARE
YOU COULD READ QUITE A STORY IN THE CALLOUSES AND LINES
YEARS OF WORK AND WORRY HAD LEFT THEIR MARK BEHIND

I REMEMBER DADDY'S HANDS HOW THEY HELD MY MAMA TIGHT
AND PATTED MY BACK FOR SOMETHING DONE RIGHT
THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN THAT
I LOVED ABOUT THE MAN
BUT I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE LOVE IN DADDY'S HANDS
DADDY'S HANDS WERE SOFT AND KIND
WHEN I WAS CRYING
DADDY'S HANDS WERE HARD AS STEEL
WHEN I'D DONE WRONG
DADDY'S HANDS WEREN'T ALWAYS GENTLE
BUT I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND
THERE WAS ALWAYS LOVE IN DADDY'S HANDS

I REMEMBER DADDY'S HANDS WORKING TILL THEY BLED
SACRIFICED UNSELFISHLY JUST TO KEEP US ALL FED
IF I COULD DO THINGS OVER, I'D LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN
AND NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED THE LOVE IN DADDY'S HANDS

~Holly Dunn

~For Billy Joe

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