A tribute........

On January 28th 1945 Daniel Roy Akin was born to Roy and May Akin.

I am so glad for that day. Daniel was my husband for 43 years. Yes, we had ups and downs, who doesn't? Mostly though we had good years. He was a good man who loved the Lord. I know he is with the Lord today on his 67th birthday.

Daniel was a outdoors man. He loved to walk. I remember in our younger days, I was always asking him to slow down.  I couldn't keep up with him. Either I was a slow walker or he walked very fast.  He would walk all over town. There were some times he would walk to work, several miles away. When we moved here, he was thrilled to be able to walk in the mountains. He told me as a young boy,  he would take his 22 rifle, he was extremely proud of, and walk up in the mountains behind their home in Trinidad, Colorado. Sometimes he would be gone all day.
He loved to garden and work in the yard. When he came home from work tired and stressed out, he would get the hose and water the yard. (Whether it needed it or not). :) It took me a long time to figure out he wasn't watering because the yard needed it, he was watering because HE needed it.

Daniel loved to memorize scripture. He had a stroke in 2003. This inhibited his ability to read and memorize. It was two years before he could read again. He then began to memorize the book of Revelation. He had memorized the first three chapters when he passed away on November 19th 2010. He had other scriptures hidden away in his heart as well. He would pull them out and quote them at just the right opportunity. It was always such a blessing. I felt such a sense of pride and admiration. It is very difficult for me to memorize scripture. He always made it look so easy.

We both loved to watch old western movies. He would say, "Pop some popcorn and let's put in a movie". Sometimes we would have a movie marathon and watch all the John Wayne movies or some other favorites. When I get especially lonesome, I pop some corn and put in one of Daniel's favorite movies.

Daniel loved to watch Fox news and talk politics. He used to tell me how he loved to talk politics with his dad. If Daniel could get some one to talk politics with him, he was thrilled. :) I must say that someone was hardly ever me.

He also, loved his guns and tools. I am sure he had several of every tool. If he couldn't find the particular one he needed, he would just go buy another one.  Now I have a garage full of tools. :)

He loved his family. All of his grandchildren were very special to him. When he knew they were coming over, he would go to the store just to make sure we had their favorite pop or treat on hand. If his grand daughter wanted a ride home from school, she would call and hope to get grandpa. He would drop everything to go get her. Grandma, on the other hand, would probably tell her walking was good for her.

I have many things that I could share with you about Daniel. Memories, pictures, stories about the best years of my life. If you have lost a loved one, you can probably say the same thing. Hold those memories close and pull them out to share with others.

Happy Birthday Daniel.