Poignant Father's Day Note From Garron

Mary and I met my parents in Brenham over the recent Father's Day weekend. After touring the ice cream Mecca (Blue Bell plant) we headed out to Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site (a trip every Texan should take).

At the end of our visit we had a few minutes to walk around the Star of The Republic Museum. Part of the museum has exhibits setup especially for children. Since this was Father's Day weekend the museum staff had placed a notebook out for the children to write in. Each page of the notebook had three fields that included a place for the child's name and the statement "My father is a hero because". The children were then given a space to write their own comment.

While thumbing through the pages Mary and my mother came across the page shown below. The first and last entry are the types of things you would expect to read on Father's Day, but the middle one was heart breaking. Click on the picture below to blow up the picture so you can read what Garron had to say.