Thanks to My Dad

Thanks to My Dad
by Kathryn Kay

It’s strange how much for granted
I have always taken you,
how much I have relied upon the fact you understand.
I never make a fuss the way a lot of children do,
in fact, somehow I never even say the things I’ve planned.
But, Dad, there are some things so deep they simply can’t be said,
they must be felt, we both know that is how we care.
For me you’ve always been a source of strength in hours of dread,
I’ve turned to you and known I would find understanding there.
A clear-cut sense of values neither gold nor fame can swerve
is yours, and now is mine, the finest gift child ever had.
That’s why I know I am more fortunate than I deserve
in accidentally happening to get you for my dad.
With eyes that you have taught to search for hidden worth
quite suddenly I see a truth I’ve missed before–
thru having had you for a father here on earth
I’ve learned to understand my One in Heaven more.

(Goldfish Privacy © 2005, reprinted with permission)

About the poet:

LDS poetess Kathryn Kay (Kathryn Worsley Pratt) was a popular radio announcer on the KFI radio show Midnight Frolic out of Los Angeles, California, a forerunner of today’s late night television broadcasts, from 1927 to 1930. She was also Associate Editor of “Parade” magazine before it became a Sunday supplement.

Kathryn began writing poetry at age 10 and has had three major poetry books published. Kathryn died in February 2005, but a new book of her poetry has been published with the title Goldfish Privacy and is available wherever LDS books are sold or on the Sheralynn Pratt website.

Read more about Kathryn Kay at her website.