Happy B-Day Faja!

An Ode To Faja

By his first son, Matthew James Jacobson

The memories of growing up with such a fabulous dad

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Are simply the best a snot-nosed kid could have had.

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The father-son bond couldn't have been tighter.

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"LOOK OUT MJ, HERE COMES THE CHIPPER-BITER!"

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(To avoid inside jokes would be my personal preference,

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but only my family will get that inside reference.)

Pops taught me assertiveness and how to be a man.

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Told me to make eye contact, and firmly shake a hand.

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He always supported me, whenever I made a choice.

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I only wish he'd taught me how to lower my loud voice.

He made me piss when I was three, by donning a mask that was REALLY SCARY!

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When he'd introduce me he'd say, "This is what happens when actors marry."

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We went deer hunting when I was younger, and when I was cold he made fun of me.

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He mocked me saying, "You're tears are gonna freeze, and so will your PEE!"

He always taught us that Mom was his best friend.

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A bond that is sealed for eternity, a love that has no end.

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Once I disrespected my mom, (I admit, it was SUCH a discrace!)

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My dad told me never to do it again, and promptly slapped my face.

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(At the time I was offended and it stung me to the core,

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but I DESERVED IT! And I probably should have been slapped a LOT more!)

So on Dad's birthday, in rememberance I mourn.

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(It was also the day that Hitler was born!)

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We miss you dad; the world's not the same place...

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Without your smiling, shining, animated face!