How many Children?

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jktharp1 January 8, 2015 - 5:11pm

How many children do you have?
Such a simple question asked.
The correct answer should be easy.
But for me it’s quite a task.

I tell my children we have four.
Because, in our heart, it’s true.
But we tell the car guy, we have three.
Because for him, that is true too.

Although you’re gone, you still exist.
You’re such a part of me.
It pains me when I tell some people
That I have only Three.

Although you’re always here with us
You don’t take up a seat
We don’t order food for you
Or need shoes for your feet.

We don’t have to buy you tickets
When we go to the show.
Yet you are always there with us
Wherever we may go.

So if somebody asks me
And I tell them only three
Don’t think that I forgot my boy
He’s ALWAYS here with me!
--James K. Tharp 1/05/2015

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James Tharp is the father of 4 Beautiful Children. His third child, and oldest son passed away at the age of 5 suddenly in the night from a combination of the flu and strep which turned into bacterial meningitis. He lives his life to honor his son and tries to be the best dad, husband, friend and neighbor he can.
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