My Father Was My Hero

My father was my hero, all throughout my life.

The father of eight children, he saw his share of strife.

When I was very little, he appeared to be so large.

In my eyes he could do anything, we all knew he was in charge.

He was a man of great strength both physically and in mind,

but in him there was a gentleness, he found ways to be outgoing and kind.

Many days of childhood were greeted with a kiss,

and songs to me as I awoke, those days I surely miss.

He made me feel so special, “Miss America” he would sing.

I knew I had my father's love. It gave me courage to do most anything.

From him I learned to stand up tall, to be proud of who I am.

Strength and determination were the qualities of this fine man.

As the years of his life dwindled down, that strength kept him alive.

Plus the unfailing determination to help my ailing mother have the care she needed to survive.

He loved her and his children, so much he gave up years of his life

caring for this woman, his soul?mate, his wife.

Day and night he struggled for years with her disease.

A lesser man would have been brought down to his knees.

With illnesses of his own, he still stood by her side

caring for her and loving her until the day she died.

Twenty days later his own time was at an end.

I lost my hero, my father, a man who was my friend.

A few years have passed, and life just isn't the same.

But as Father's Day approaches, I will celebrate his name.

With prayers to him and God above to stay by my side,

to watch over me and guide me, to look down on me with pride.

For I am my father's daughter, one day we will meet again.

But until then I will remember, and the love will never end.

父親是我心目中的英雄

父親，我心目中一生一世的英雄！

撫養(yǎng)八個(gè)孩子，擔(dān)子多么沉重。

在我兒時(shí)的眼里，你那么高大，

為撐起這個(gè)家，你無(wú)所不能。

你有健壯體魄，你有堅(jiān)強(qiáng)意志，

還有謙和的內(nèi)心，開朗慈善的面容。
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兒時(shí)，多少個(gè)清晨我從夢(mèng)中醒來(lái)，

你輕吻的招呼一樣，你問(wèn)好的歌聲不同；

你時(shí)時(shí)為我唱起那首“美國(guó)小姐”之歌，

總會(huì)讓我感到格外神氣出眾；

童年時(shí)代雖然已成遙遠(yuǎn)的記憶，

但確實(shí)讓我終生回味，綿長(zhǎng)雋永。

正因?yàn)槲抑牢覔碛懈赣H的愛(ài)，

面對(duì)繁雜的世事我才如此奮勇；

你教會(huì)我如何在人前感到自豪，

你教會(huì)我如何在世上昂首挺胸。

恒心的品質(zhì)讓你堪稱優(yōu)秀的男人，

力量的特性使你象大山云端高聳。

隨著時(shí)光的推移你日漸衰老，

可那種力量卻使你活力無(wú)窮。

病痛纏身的母親需要你的照料，

你決心鐵定讓死神逃避誠(chéng)惶誠(chéng)恐。

為了你的妻子，為了你的兒女，

你奉獻(xiàn)了一切，自始至終。

一年又一年，一日復(fù)一日，

只為我母親的疾病你雙眼熬紅。

你堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的性格讓你勉力支撐，

盡管你自己身上也有病痛。

把關(guān)愛(ài)一路給予你終生的伴侶，

二十天后你也隨她辭世我痛上加痛；

我失去了父親，我失去了朋友，

我失去了心目中一生一世的英雄！

一別經(jīng)年，人生也不同以往，

可父親節(jié)前夕，我要把你的名字贊頌。

我身邊你與上帝同在，給我關(guān)懷引導(dǎo)，

注視的目光為我感到無(wú)上光榮。

只為我是父親的女兒，將來(lái)總會(huì)重逢，

但此生此世我會(huì)把你的愛(ài)銘記心中。