My father the Police Man…

My Dad is retiring from the Hoover Police Department this summer after fulfilling his 25+ years of service. He has talked about doing this for a while. I never really gave much thought as to how i would take this but i would never have guessed that i would be feeling the way I am now. I am really sad. All my life I have been proud to say that my dad is a police officer. I won’t be able to say that anymore. It’s not that i feel like he is anything less. I just think that an era is coming to an end. I see a man who was born to do Police work finishing out his days and while i think it is time for this, I just find it so hard to digest. I think about all the people that my dad has helped in the past and i can only hope that there will be someone else to see the job as he did. Service. My dad understands that police work is about sacrificing ones livelihood for the preservation of another. I’m sorry but i just think that is a minority now. A large amount of my discomfort as of late can be attributed my Dad’s retirement. It is just really affecting me more than it should be. With all of this said, I will never be as proud of anything like I am proud to be called the son of Sgt. Thomas Henry McDanal Jr. a man who will always wear blue in my eyes. 

I Love You Dad.

~ by jtothet on April 24, 2009.