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my dad died in his early 40s when i was 10. just last night i had a dream i was with him and hugging him.
but i believe i have it wrong. society has told me that dads are useless sperm donors and nincompoops according to sitcoms of today. seriously though, i would be a different person if he were still alive. i didn't realize how devastating his death was to me growing up.
I just want to say I'm so very sorry to hear you loosing your father. My father actually passed away last January from cancer, at 60. Man, it will really make you break down and depressed. It's time to live your life for him now, become someone great. Also, be grateful your mother is still alive...my mother passed away when I was 16. Life is hard my friend, don't give up!
I just want to say I'm so very sorry to hear you loosing your father. My father actually passed away last January from cancer, at 60. Man, it will really make you break down and depressed. It's time to live your life for him now, become someone great. Also, be grateful your mother is still alive...my mother passed away when I was 16. Life is hard my friend, don't give up!
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There can be no greater statement of love than when the child misses the parent. The only solace can be that the greatest purpose of one's life can't be realized until they we are gone.
Peace came to your Father and he is blessed that he has a Son who knows that.
Excellent post...I lost my dad when he was 60 to heart and lung problem brought on by years upon years of welding smoke,cigs and poor eating habits..we were best friends and worked jobs together all over north America and had a blast..he was one of the few guys who could make me laugh til my sides hurt,he was the only person I could count on 100$ to have my back on EVERYTHING that life could throw at me...I was on a jobsite 200 miles away when I found out he had passed and although I thought I was prepared for it the news alone took my legs from under me and the breath from my body..I went home,carried him out as he would have me and missed him a bit everyday since..he missed seeing my children and the life I currently live...he and I collected old British Leyland Land Rovers and a month after he passed I stumbled upon a rare one in the weeds in a neighboring state by accident and the first thing I did without thinking was grab my cell to call him and tell him about it..that's when it hit me he was gone and ill bet the guy whose house I was sitting in front of was wondering why there was a guy 6'3 and built like a mountain laying against the side of his truck crying like a kid missing their daddy...I've never looked at another Land Rover since...it does get better with time though
Like muleskinner, my dad worked heavy construction for decades, I joined the same construction union local that he was in. My dad smoked incessantly as well. But he was the best. The BEST! He grew up in an Indian orphanage in Oklahoma-his Cherokee dad and German mom dumped him and left. And growing up when he did (early 1920's) Natives in this country were looked down on. He got it worse, was in fights w/ other kids all the time where he grew up.
That sort of upbringing lit a fire underneath him. He vowed that if he got married and could have a family he would be there for his kids. He would work 10, 12 hours a day pushing construction equipment down the road but always had time to toss the baseball with me in the back yard after dinner. If he missed one of my baseball games when I was in little league he would still feel bad about it weeks later. It was 30 years ago last Saturday that cancer took him. I miss him, he was the best.
Tony, it sounds like the relationship you had with your dad was first rate. I like the quote in post #16 by Mack Knife-- "Peace came to your Father and he is blessed that he has a Son that knows that."
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Like muleskinner, my dad worked heavy construction for decades, I joined the same construction union local that he was in. My dad smoked incessantly as well. But he was the best. The BEST! He grew up in an Indian orphanage in Oklahoma-his Cherokee dad and German mom dumped him and left. And growing up when he did (early 1920's) Natives in this country were looked down on. He got it worse, was in fights w/ other kids all the time where he grew up.
That sort of upbringing lit a fire underneath him. He vowed that if he got married and could have a family he would be there for his kids. He would work 10, 12 hours a day pushing construction equipment down the road but always had time to toss the baseball with me in the back yard after dinner. If he missed one of my baseball games when I was in little league he would still feel bad about it weeks later. It was 30 years ago last Saturday that cancer took him. I miss him, he was the best.
Tony, it sounds like the relationship you had with your dad was first rate. I like the quote in post #16 by Mack Knife-- "Peace came to your Father and he is blessed that he has a Son that knows that."
Great post Double H...same here..I got in the trades at 17 and started working at 18 booming around with the old man..wonderful life that can only be appreciated by someone whose sat on the top of a power plant at night eating lunch with their dad and staring at the dying glow of the sun on the rockies.
They named an award after my dad on Thursday. My mom and I had to give it to this agent at the School Safety award ceremony. We are so proud =)
Here is the guy that received my dad's award.
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