Happy Birthday... Dad.

 

Happy Heavenly Birthday...

Dad.

{Marion Conner Sr.}

<3

There's not a single day... that goes by, I don't think of Dad, 

a

 Dozen Times, or more.

<3

Can't begin to Imagine... what my life would've been like, if

Marion Conner wasn't my Dad.

; )

Dad took me with him... everywhere he could.

{from the time I was an infant.}

Junkin'... Scrappin'... Farm Auctions, Horse Sales, Junk Yards...

Lord, Lord... we'd get into some tight spots.

; )

but...

with every 'tight spot'...

I watched Dad figure out a way... to get us out of 'em.

Dad... had Much Determination.

Never saw a Mountain, he couldn't somehow...

Move, if he wanted it moved.

; )

I've watched other Men, look at the 'Mountains', and walk away.

"Can't be done... Marion."

: )

They... didn't know Dad.

I... did.

{better than anyone on the planet.}

Dad... would never get discouraged, he'd just keep on workin' until...

the 

'Mountain'

was moved.

Loved bouncin' down the Iowa back-roads with Dad, in those old Trucks.

; )

The Stories... he'd share.

Oh... dear.

<3

I could listen to the same story, over and over...

and...

over, again...

yet,

Hang on Every Word!!

<3

Dad would get to laughing so hard, with some of 'em...

he could barely Speak!!

Hahahahahaha!!!

Dad's eyes would Sparkle, 'Twinkle'... while sharing some of the

 'Best Stories'.

; )

{an 'Irish' thing. ; ) }

To say Dad... lived a 'Colorful Life', would be a 

Huge...

Understatement.

<3

Most... probably wouldn't believe some the 

'Shenanigans' he got himself into.

: )

I can Vouch, for Many of Them.

I... was right there, beside him, when 'Many' Unfolded.

; )

You'd never want to 'Dare' Dad, 

unless...

you were prepared to see it get 

Done.

; )

Dad... was a Lucky Man.

<3

He... lived life, 'His Way'.

<3

Free Spirit.

Easy Goin'.

 Kind...

 almost, to a fault.

{if that's possible}

: )

Dad... never met a 'Stranger'.

<3

He was a Great Man.

A Great...

'Dad'.

{that makes me 

'The Lucky One', too.}

<3

Love to Ya...

Prayers for All.

Barb C.