tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428817928879126412.post19006752009893309..comments2012-06-30T12:28:17.064-07:00Comments on In Honor of John Sims: Dad's heart will go on!Maxine Conradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423417924211270542noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428817928879126412.post-67386533212583437172008-11-19T00:05:00.000-08:002008-11-19T00:05:00.000-08:00Hi Maxine,I LOVE Vegas. The last time I was there...Hi Maxine,<BR/><BR/>I LOVE Vegas. The last time I was there it was 110 degrees according to the signs. It did cool down to 100 degrees by midnight though.<BR/><BR/>You are right about the song. It is particularly poignant, and I'm sure there will be many that feel that way. Your dad has a big heart that is filled with love for his fellow man. He has always loved people, and can speak with all of them freely and easily, whether they be kings or commoners. There are lines in Rudyard Kipling's poem, "IF" that sum up your dad as a person, (In fact, the whole poem does) and how he is with other people. It says, <BR/><BR/>"...If you can meet with triumph and disaster <BR/>And treat those two imposters just the same;..."<BR/><BR/> and a little further on we read,<BR/> <BR/>"<BR/>...If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew <BR/>To serve your turn long after they are gone, <BR/>And so hold on when there is nothing in you <BR/>Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on" <BR/><BR/>If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, <BR/>Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;..." <BR/><BR/>Your dad has always been a courageous man, who stood by his principles at all times, and in all places. In doing so, however, I never found him overbearing or arrogant. It was just a case of, "This is what I believe in. I will not insist that you do so, but please don't ask me to move away from it."<BR/><BR/>He is a man I will always be proud to call my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com