Nicole brodeur seattle times biography of barack

Dear Dad,

`After all the years together, there's something I wanted to tell you . . .'

That's how many of the hundreds of responses to our request for Father's Day letters began. As we were on Mother's Day, we're overwhelmed by the number of you who wrote and at what you said - at the emotion and the memories.

Today, along with Seattle Times columnist Nicole Brodeur, we're running excerpts from as many of your letters as we can. We wish we could do more.

Nicole brodeur seattle times biography of barack

Regardless, the best thing you can do today is to read your letter to your dad, or to someone who knew him. Thank you for writing.

"Give me the eyes of a child and I will endure this aging body - for the vision in those young eyes will make my heart glow warm again."

As you know, Dad, those are words of a poem you wrote when I was young.

I know it hasn't always been easy for you to see the bright side of life, including the ability to see what you have brought to our lives.

I haven't lost the vision of my young eyes,