Alot of people would expect me to write a poem on this occasion but honestly I can't. My heart is completely broken from losing a man that was more of a father in my life than my own ever was. So I'll say what I loved most about the man I called papaw. I remember he taught me discipline and respect but honestly when it came to learning how to talk crap at a deer camp He held the belt so us kids learned it from him. He would always manage to pull our attention to his guns, knives, and projects in the gun room growing up, but if you were caught back there you better not be touching anything. Yet even if you didn't you would get accused of moving something. He towered over us as kids, he was a giant of a man. He taught us how to ride, fish, hunt, shoot and throw a tomahawk. That was my favorite time with him. Sitting on the front porch in Oklahoma, the smell of the fresh black powder in the air while shooting targets out in the field where the garden used to be. Going to rendezvous was what his passion was. Now that I look back, his passion was us if you pay attention to the detail. In woolorock Oklahoma was the best times I've ever had and the shoots we would go on. I remember waking up one morning in the teepee, there was a giant nose next to my cot and papaw told me not to freaking move. Realistically we all know what he really said. It was a buffalo. A herd had strolled into the camp and they were massive. I remember sitting around the fire and papaws friends joking about him being big enough to ride one. My first rendezvous I received my rendezvous name. It's not common they say for it to happen that way. Normally people have to get a feel for who you are and what you are like. It took a total of about 45 minutes for 100 people or more to realize who I was. I told papaw I was hungry after helping with setting up camp. He TOLD me to get the firewood and start a fire......so I did. An entire week's worth of firewood in one fire. Hense Onefire was born. But the next day or two I had to go out and start collecting firewood for the remaining days. He introduced me to a world that made me feel completely free. There are endless memories I could share and recount but there isn't enough space to hold what I could write. I'll finish with saying this. Thank you for being our rock and foundation in this family. I know it wasn't easy. I love you and I miss you so much papaw. I'll see you again