Comments on: Dad

By: skeet

skeet — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:12:23 +0000

I appreciate the link and the inclusion in the carnival, Jessie, but my submission of this post was for the carnival that ran in June, lol! I didn’t submit this time because I didn’t have a school story in me. Glad you like my Dad story, though!

By: Jessie

Jessie — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:09:25 +0000

Visiting by way of the postie blog carnival. This is a beautiful post!

By: skeet

skeet — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:48:48 +0000

Frogster, I’m sorry for your loss. It took a long time for me to shake that after-loss daze. I still occasionally wake up at night and spring out of bed, thinking that I’ve heard him thumping his cane on the floor to call me. I think it’s just his memory, tapping at the mind’s door while I sleep. I hope you have many pleasant memories to sustain you now.

By: the frogster

the frogster — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:22:52 +0000

Thanks, Skeet. It’s good to hear that you had some time to get to know your Dad at the end of his life. I just lost my Dad to Cancer about 6 weeks ago, and I’m still sort of in shock. It’s good to hear others have been where I am and have gotten through.

By: skeet

skeet — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:08:33 +0000

Mahalo Chris. Coindidence is finding a pen when you need to write a note. This was something else.

By: skeet

skeet — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:06:38 +0000

I was very choked up while writing about my dad, Leigh. It’s hard to convey the pain that paved the way to the healing in the end, but it’s a necessary part of our story. It felt good to share it the best way I know how.

By: skeet

skeet — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:04:37 +0000

I don’t believe in coincidence, Karen. I was living halfway around the world when Dad became unable to take care of himsel. There were others closer, but it was meant for him to be here in paradise with me. Ain’t life funny that way?

By: skeet

skeet — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:02:34 +0000

Suni, I learned so much near the end of my father’s days. I saw the magnitude of the painfull loss he still felt where my mother had been. I learned why he earned his medals in the war. I remembered how incredibly intelligent he was, and how thoughtful in using his intelligence for other people. A gift - purely a gift!

By: skeet

skeet — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:59:09 +0000

I feel the same, Amy.I found my father an embarrassment for much of my life, not just because of what he was, but also because I was too narrow in my vision. We sought and found each other in the end, and I’m so grateful we did.

By: gardenmomma (Chris)

gardenmomma (Chris) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:55:46 +0000

I might’ve said, “What a coincidence”, but it wasn’t one at all! But it’s cool, isn’t it? You received a wonderful gift in your time with your dad, and you gave us one is sharing him with us! God Bless!