What would you say if you could thank your father for everything that shaped you? For Henry M. Skirbst, that question became the foundation of a three-year journey of reflection, writing, and gratitude — a journey that began at the bedside of his father and ended with this book. Dear Dad, Thanks is a fifty-two-week devotional — one entry for each week of the year — built around a simple but profound premise: that the people who shape us most deeply deserve to be thanked, even when those words arrive late, even when the relationship was complicated, and even when the person we're thanking is no longer here to hear them. Each weekly entry follows a gentle, consistent rhythm: a Scripture focus, a personal letter of gratitude addressed directly to the author's father, a reflection and application for the reader's own life, and a closing prayer. The result is a devotional that is at once deeply personal and quietly universal — rooted in one family's story but speaking to the experience of anyone who has ever loved a parent. Henry's father, Henry F. Skirbst, was a teacher, historian, community leader, and published author who lived to the age of ninety-four. He was a man of quiet faith, steady sacrifice, and enduring love — the kind of father whose influence only becomes fully visible in hindsight. In these pages, his son traces that influence across five decades: from childhood memories of laughter and discipline, through the complicated years of young adulthood, into the sacred season of caregiving at the end of his father's life. This is not a story of a perfect father or a perfect son. It is a story of growth, reconciliation, and the gratitude that arrives — sometimes late, but always sincerely — when we take the time to look back with honest and grateful eyes. Readers will find themselves in these pages — whether they carry deep gratitude for a parent who loved them well, grief for one they have lost, or unresolved feelings toward someone they are still learning to understand. Dear Dad, Thanks offers space for all of it: reflection, grace, and the quiet encouragement to express gratitude in your own way, in your own time. Because some gratitude arrives early. Some arrives late. All of it matters. Perfect for: - Individual devotional reading — one entry per week throughout the year - Small group study focused on faith, family, and gratitude - Grief support ministries and caregiver communities - Father's Day,