[laurenr]

Originally Posted by Papi

Happy Papi/Patticake day my dear friends.

I would like to thank each of you for your thoughtful, and warm Father's Day wishe's, I sincerely appreciate it, you have all become very dear to my heart, yet as it is Father's Day, and I have fortunately been blessed in many way's, most particularly by you my warm hearted Yorkie adopted daughter's who have made this Father's Day an exceptionally special and happy one by your giving to Papi the greatest gift of all your loving kindness, and sweet, precious Patticake, what more could any Dad ask for, yes, I am ecstatically happy today, I get to celebrate my first Father's Day with Patticake, though I am saddened when I read these quotes;



I believe wemple2 your father has also passed on, Lauren your Dad also if I remember correctly, I'm sure other's of you sadly also have lost your father's, and I know these words can never erase the pain or ease the range of emotions you must be feeling, enduring this day, and each Father's Day I am sincerely sorry, true I can say I'm sorry but honestly can't begin to know or imagine the heartache you individually are contending with, though I have reason to be happy this day, there remains this saddness for you my adopted Yorkie girl's (ladie's) not that this may be of any consolation for you, remove the emptiness you have in your live's, in your heart's, especially even more prounounced, prominent this day, you my dear friends, and this may be difficult for some to agree with me on but you for whatever year's you were blessed to have with your Dad's, no this is not like having him here, being able to hug, hold him, and receive one of his tender, comforting bear hugs, a warm kiss on the cheek, and I'm not intentionally, nor want to cause you to cry, I am or attempting to make a point, you, each of you at least can recall the love, and so many fond memories you shared, have the hope of one day being togeather again, sadly my friends, I unfortunately didn't have any of that, true I had a father but never knew him, he abandoned Papi, put me, my brother, and sister in an orphanage at the age of five, never saw him again, I am not as fortunate as you my dear girls (ladie's), my friends to even recall any fond memories, to know and be loved by a Father as you have by your's, and as difficult, incomprehensible as this may be to digest or believe, you were blessed, and contiue to be blessed every day of your live's, as long as you remain on this beautiful earth, you have the breath of life, you will alway's be able to recall the love, the fond memories of your Dad until you meet again, until such time, you have Papi as your adopted Dad and I am undeservingly honored, and humbly appreciative to be considerd as such by many of you, so please let's celabrate this Father's Day togeather, spiritually with your Father's, please I would hope for you to be as happy as you have made me this day by your love, and warm wishes, you have all been so kind to Papi, let me give you all a big hug now wouldn't it be wonderful if I could give everyone of you in person a tender loving bear hug, consider it done spiritually.



Patticake asked me to give you a gift as her way of saying thank you, 4 image's she thought cute, though after all my bragging about her being Potty Trained so soon her Father's Day gift to me this morning was poop in the middle of my rug, which really shocked me, as from the beginning of first bring her home, with the exception of the gift she left on my couch, she alway's pooped on wee wee pad, I guees he was angry with me for some reaso, didn't want me to have a Happy Father's Day of course I was big enough to forgive her, wasn't going to let her spoil my special day, she knew I would the little darling, she know's how much I love her, ya think she may be taking advantage of Papi's sweet dispostion ?

Hope you enjoy the images my friends, thank you so much for your warm wishes, you have made it a very special day for Papi & Patticake.

Thank you very, very much.

Papi/Patticake

Aaaah sweet Papi! I have had computer problems the past few days and have not been able to log on until last night, and then only briefly. Then today, I see your latest posts. I wish I had been here to say Happy Father's Day to our adopted Papi-Papa.
I wish my precious Daddy had been here to witness the marvel of your story, the outpouring of love your words generated from your very first post all those weeks ago. Be proud Papi for what you have inspired with your words, that came from the very depths of your heart. Their effect on us all had nothing to do with your level of education sweet Papi. No amount of degrees that create words from a cold heart could generate the result that your words did. The effect of your writing produced something profound because of where they came from, and that is the sweetness of your spirit, your very soul, that emanates such love, and such kindness. It shines through Papi, in every word you write, whether it be about Kassie, or baby Patticake or your "family" here on Yorkie Talk.
Thank you Papi, for telling us so much about yourself. It makes you even more precious in our eyes. And thank you for your honesty about your own Father. It reminds me once again, especially after an empty, sad Father's Day (for me), how precious my memories are of my own Dad, what an enormous gift he was in my life. It reminds me that each and every memory I have of him, is like a beautiful, perfect picture, that I can marvel at, when the missing of him never goes away.

The way you are Papi, the way you express yourself, your outpouring of love you give so freely, whether it be to us here on YT, or your precious dogs, reminds me of him. There are so many people in this world today that think it is somehow beneath their dignity to talk openly of love for a fellow human being. If there were more people like you Papi, the world would be a far warmer place. It amazes me truly, the astute foresight you have into other people's hearts, the empathy you have for their endeavors. When you described looking into Lori and Bre's car before you left Elaine, I cried at your words - that you could actually, truly "see" that their journey was so much more than just a drive of many miles. The way you describe Elaine's family, after having met them only once, that is the perception of a true "scholar", dear Papi. Don't you see - formal education could never have taught you this wonderful lesson you seem to have learned, all on your own, along your life's journey.
I am proud Papi, to call you my friend; I am proud to be able to say with love to you - "Happy Father's Day". (even if it's a day late).
Please Papi, continue to tell us stories of yourself and Patticakes. We are ALL always enthralled, somehow, by your words, which seem to pour from your heart.
With so much love,
Lauren