DEAR DAD, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY FATHERS DAY.
DAD, I KNOW YOU DID THE BEST YOU KNEW HOW TO, YOU WERE ONLY NINETEEN YRS. OLD WHEN I WAS BORN.
I FORGIVE YOU FOR THE BEATINGS, AND THANK YOU FOR PLAYING COPS AND ROBBERS, WHEN YOU CAME TO VISIT AFTER THE DIVORCE.
SORRY ABOUT THE CRAZY OLD BARBER CALLING THE POLICE ON YOU FOR POINTING A GUN AT A FIVE YR. OLD. BOY CAP PISTOLS IN THE LATE 60'S & EARLY 70'S SHURE LOOKED REAL. LOL.
THANX FOR TAKING ME TO SEE YELLOW SUBMARINE, WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. I STILL HAVE THE HAND BLOWN GLASS BLUE MEANIE I BOUGHT YOU AT A GARAGE SALE, IM GLAD YOU LIKED IT SO MUCH.
THANX FOR TAKING ME IN AFTER MOM HAD THAT REALLY BAD NERVOUS BREAK DOWN.
THANX FOR LETTING ME MOVE BACK IN WHEN I GOT BACK FROM CALIFORNIA AND DIDN'T HAVE A JOB. THANX FOR LETTING ME MOVE BACK IN WHEN THEY TRIED TO TORCH MY MOTORCYCLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THANX FOR BUYING MY LIQUID MEDICATION AND MY FOOD AND TAKING CARE OF ME WHEN THE DRUNK DRIVER RAN ME DOWN ON MY MOTORCYCLE , BREAKING MY JAW AND LEAVING ME FOR DEAD.
I'M SORRY DAD FOR BEING SUCH A SHIT DISTURBER, PUNK ROCKER , METAL HEAD, PAIN IN THE ASS TEENAGER.
I'M SORRY WE FOUGHT AND ARGGUED, SO MUCH. THANX FOR STILL LOVING ME ANYWAY.
THANX FOR TRYING TO CALL XMAS EVE 1999 , SORRY I DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE NEW NUMBER, I WAS MAD AT YOU.
I KNOW IT WAS ROUGH ON YOU, AND ITS OK THAT I HAD TO ACT LIKE THE DAD SOME TIMES AND YOU WERE THE KID.LOL.
YOUR FRIENDS IN JOPLIN, TOLD ME HOW PROUD YOU WERE OF ME, FOR TEACHING MY-SELF HOW TO WORK ON CARS AND MOTORCYCLES AND TEACHING MY-SELF HOW TO PLAY BASS AND GUITAR, AND HOW MUCH YOU LIKED MY POETRY AND ART.AND FOR ALWAYS BEING A HARD WORKER.
I JUST WISH YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME YOUR-SELF.
I STAY UP EVERY NEW YEARS EVE NOW TILL TWO AM, I BURN SAGE AND SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU AND FOR ME. I USE THE THE CROWS WING TO FAN THE SMOKE, THE ONE I PLUCKED THE FEATHER FROM AND PUT IN YOUR HAND AND THE SAME SAGE I PUT IN YOUR POCKET, HOPE YOU DON'T MIND THE KISS I GAVE YOU ON THE FOREHEAD.
I JUST TURNED 42 DAD. YOUR BIRTH DAYS NEXT MONTH, JULY 9TH. IT'S BEEN SIX YRS. SINCE I GAVE YOU THE KISS ON THE FOREHEAD, THE SAGE AND THE FEATHER.
THANX FOR COMMING TO ME IN THE DREAM TIME NEW YEARS EVE 2001, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR YOU CALL MY NAME.
LIFES BEEN ROUGH LATELY.LOL . BUT YOU KNOW ME, I ALWAYS TRY TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND KEEP GOING, NO MATTER HOW BAD IT GETS.LOL.
I WANTED YOU TO KNOW I DON'T HATE YOU AND I'M NOT MAD. IT'S ALL OK DAD.
JUST WANTED TO WRITE YOU A LETTER, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY FATHERS DAY AND TELL YOU I LOVE YOU.
I MISS YOU DAD, YOUR LOVING SON. SCOTT aka SCOOTER JUNE 18, 2006
R.I.P. PHILLIP (DAD) R. POWELL . 07-09-1944 - 01-01-2000
