My husband is a quadriplegic and he is paralyzed from the chest down. He has no use of his hands and not much strength in his triceps either. Daniel sometimes feels like he is not the best daddy out there, because he is not like any other dad out there, but I will tell you the many things that I love about this man of mine.
I love it when I watch you tickling our son by using your knuckles or by using your chin. I love hearing our son hysterically laughing when you do this to him. I love that our son wants you to chase him and then runs into an area where you can't get him. I love it when you take him for a wagon ride by strapping the wagon to the back of your chair. I love watching our son share his drink or his popsicle while you two would laugh about it. I love that our son always wants to help us out by getting the hoyer lift and hooking the sling to the hoyer lift. I love that every time Evan watches Wall-E, he calls the character Wall-E "Dada" because he sees you in your chair as Wall-E. I love when you are in bed and if you need something, Evan is willing to go get it for you. I love hearing the word "dada" out of his mouth. I love watching you guys cuddling in bed and watching YouTube videos together. As I'm typing this at the moment, I'm watching you getting Evan to eat his food after he's been refusing to eat something healthy and Evan is giggling about it. I love how you have so much patience with him than I think I do. Most important of all, I love that you are such a wonderful father even though you may not feel like you're the best father to him. I love you Daniel, Happy Father's Day!
Wish I had $15 grand to give to you so you could get Daniel a "TankChair" so he could be Wall-E for Halloween!
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