Daddy

Daddy...
Laugh....It was the last word I remember him saying.  Daddy loved to make us laugh.  He would poke fun at us or surprise us at times with things he'd say and when he got the reaction out of us he was going for he would chuckle and we would laugh.  He would make faces and act silly and aggrevate us just to make us laugh.  Some of his best was at Nancy....he loved to aggrevate her....and she would always respond by saying Gordon.....and sometimes giggling. 
Daddy told stories better than most anyone and when you could get him to start telling stories about the farm or his Dad and how they came to be in the Western Oklahoma area he was the best at remembering the facts and details.  Many of us have said we should have recorded him or someone should have written it all down.
Western Oklahoma was where he was from...the area was in his blood.  He was the most intellegent man I've ever known and he could have lived anywhere and been very successful but he loved this area and all his friends here and would never have been happy anywhere else.
Daddy loved his family and friends.  His friends were his family and most may have never realized just how much he loved them.  I knew this because when we'd talk and he would tell me about one of them becoming ill or one who had passed on, I could hear the heartache and pain in his voice.  It broke his heart. 
His family was so very important and many of us have said of the the last few months how Daddy was alittle stubborn and did what he wanted when he wanted.  I was thinking about this and there was only one person in his life that could tell him what to do and he'd listen and that was his Mom....he loved his mom and respected her so.... much. 
Daddy loved to read about places, history and great people in History.  No matter where you went with him he knew something about the place or someone who had lived there. 
Daddy also loved to fish, hunt and do crossword puzzles.  He loved to take pictures and he always had a new or different camera.  He was facinated by technology and was always grabbing our smart phones or Ipads and trying to figure them out. 
Daddy loved us girls, and I know many times he had no idea what to do with us.  When we came to visit one of the things we remember most is riding in his pickup and him singing to us.  Some of our favorites were "You are my Sunshine" and "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille (or loose wheel). 
Daddy loved his grandchildren loved to play with them, tease them and be silly with them.

Live, Love and Laugh.....Daddy did all these things the best he knew how and he taught us them all through his life.  We will miss you always.