God Bless You Dad

For all the hard work that you do

For sacrifices left unsaid

While we reap the rewards of it

We simply say,

God bless you, Dad

For all the times that you’ve said no

To invitations that you’ve had

To have some fun with just the guys

But you chose home

God bless you, Dad

For all those things you do without

To keep a roof over our heads

Yet never tally or keep score

We pray this day

God bless you, Dad

God bless you Dad, too many times

We criticize instead of praise

It seems to me that you must be

The unsung hero

Of our days

For all those times we didn’t speak

The tender words we should have said

Today we want to take the time

To say, thank-you

God bless you, Dad

© Janet Martin