Originally Posted by MTUpower
When we come into this world we each have little except those around us, and what they give to us.
The time between when we come into this world and the time when we leave this world, we have the chance to give.
When we leave, we have the opportunity to see what we have given.
Many knew different sides of Paul McCue. He was a friend, an uncle, a brother inlaw, a brother, a husband, a grandfather.
To all of you and those not able to be here, he gave much. His father Samuel and Grandfather Harry and those before them instilled in him, and passed onto him, the ability to give.
They set the bar very high, yet gave him the motivation, the skills, and the determination to clear that bar.
He stood on their shoulders to reach higher. Their goal, and his, at least in my world, was to be the best father they could be.
I was chosen to be his son, and I could not have asked for a better father.
All he has given me I could never truly put into words, but I know what it is.
He watched me as I received it, and he is watching me as I pass it to his grandsons,
for I have the great honor to have stood on, and continue to stand on, his shoulders.
Paul McCue, my father, was the greatest man I ever met.
|