My Katie

       Katie is my second born. 

      She reminds me of my sister Karen, personality and looks.  She is both tough and tender.   From  the time she could walk , she has  had a strong personality.  I’ve watched her hold her ground in situations where I would have  walked away. ( Just like her aunt Karen)

       I think she would make a good police officer.  

      I love her sense of humor.

      I think of all our kids, she and I have probably had the most go-rounds over the years.  One of the things  I appreciate about my relationship with her is after the dust settles, and we’ve both had our say, there’s never been a sense of lingering conflict.  

      I love the fact that she still says “I love you” when she says good by.

      I heard a statistic last weekend that states that 87% of our success in life is people skills and only 13% is product knowledge.  In other words, how we get along with people in large measure will determine our success or failure in life.   When I think of my second oldest, I see someone with lots of people skills.  She has the potential to  go far.

    I’ll close with this:

       Dear Katie,  

       Thank you for the many ways you bring joy to my life.   You turned out just as  awesome as your sister Angie.  You were only 15 months behind her growing up, so you got to figure we still didn’t really know what we were doing half the time.  I can’t begin to tell you how much ”excitement” you’ve brought into my life these past 26 years

     I love the fact that you are affectionate! 

     I’ve been excited to watch you get your finances in order….You Go Girl!

      You have the gift of nurturing…I can see it in the way you take care of the handicapped and elderly….maybe someday you’ll get to take care of me

    I don’t tell you often enough how proud I am to have you as my daughter.

    When I’ve read  this verse about Job,  I think of you girls:  “and in all the land there were no women so fair as Job’s daughters…”

      I love you!    Dad

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