I remember the adoring love you showed me as a young child. 
Memories of sitting on your shoulders as the Carnival people passed by and the handfuls of coins we would throw together on the proccession of lorries.
And then after the carnival had passed we would head up to Oystermouth Castle and you would buy me a hillium balloon and toffee apple. 
I remember sitting on the red circular kiddies train and how you would wave to me each time I went round. I felt happy and special; I was your little girl and you were the best dad in the world.
We share a special closeness and a bond that will last all time. 
You taught me to be tough yet gentle.  Those days you spent teaching Judo in the community centre to all the kids and me were memorable.  To this day I swear by the " Breakfall" and I still practice my "Taiotoshi" on my kids teaching them about balance and posture.
The importance of a photograph or a rolling camera has certainly rubbed off on me today; documenting time and history with my own.  You always had the up to date technology, having the job you had and I didn't realise at the time how privileged we were as a family.  But that didn't matter to me; so young and carefree, and always living in the moment.
And do you remember our routine in the mornings?
You would wake me with a " Wakey, wakey, rise and shine" then we would eat breakfast, take our daily vitamins and take the pet dog for a walk around the park.  It's probably your influence today why I feel an affinity with nature and animals...And all those hot days spent on Langland beach; melting icecream cornets and having fun in the sea.  Precious clips of the past  are still fresh in my mind and everything I hold dear.  Only the good stuff is worth remembering! 
I remember the struggle you had and how much it hurt to leave when I was ten years old, but to this day, it was all meant to be: All the drama and all the trouble of the years that followed, with one thing and another, are but a blip and a good standing point to learn life's brilliant lessons.
Without a doubt, the two things that I take after you with, is your sense of humour and freewill. That is priceless to me. 
Brought up on Monty Python, Kenny Everett and the Goodies; what more can a girl ask for - It set me up for life!!
And here we are - still like two peas in a pod - and loving and enjoying life to the max.
I want to tell you and all these lovely people in Blogland, that you are the best  Dad a daughter could wish for.
I love you with all my heart.
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY   XXXXXXXXX