justified to brag about them. My dad is an amazing servant. He will lay his life down for just about anyone and in any way he can. He helps cook every Sunday night with a team preparing food for 75 people attending Alpha. I always hear how he volunteers for all the worst jobs like dishwasher duty. He also is always the last to leave so he can make sure any lone women gets walked to their car safely. That is just who he is. He has always put his family first, sacrificing his own wants for the benefit of the rest of us. He models Jesus' sacrificial and practical love to us.My dad is also one of the most loyal people I know. He will stick with people through a lot. He always roots for the underdog which came in handy when the Beavers sucked for so many decades. And this may be a weird thing to love about your dad but he is absolutely NOT a handy man. However, he will almost always give a go at a project no matter what it is. Now it might take five times as long to complete the project and four more trips to Home Depot than it needs but he still tackles it. He has taught me everything I know about home improvement. :) I have to thank him for that because even though I may not have had the most knowledgeable of teacher, he taught me to try. I feel incredibly more self sufficient because he instilled that courage in me when it comes to maintenance stuff. And I love getting the giggles with him when working on a project with him that is going awry.
My mom is such an amazing and talented lady. Every time she sits down at the piano she astounds me. She recently prepared a bunch of old jazz standards for our Alpha celebration dinner. I got to sit in the sound booth and simply listen to her play for about 45 minutes. It was great. I took me back to when I was a kid and she would practice in her studio. Now, anytime anyone plays the piano, it comforts me. It is kind of like how we all have a comfort food that we eat when we are sick or feeling blue. For me it is someone playing the piano. We recently got a piano in our apartment and occasionally Maile practices when I am home and I love it.
Everything my mom does is done with excellence. Truly, if you want something done well, ask my mom to do it. She is reliable and follows through on her commitments to people. She is currently looking for a new job and I think anybody would be absolutely crazy not to hire her. They really couldn't go wrong. My mom is a lifelong learner. She went back to school when I was in high school and got her Masters in music education. I think with straight A's too. She is so smart and such a hard worker. Then, even though music had been her life since she was a child, she went back to school again when I was in college and this time she got her associates degree in computer technology and started a completely new career path. She will forever be a cheerleader for people wanting to know themselves better and who want to do something new with their lives. I know she will always be there beside me when I need a push and she will walk alongside me as I figure it out.
I could go on and on but I just wanted to say all that. Mom and Dad, I love you. Thanks for everything.
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