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PaganSpirit
PaganSpirit
I was just looking at a picture my mother sent me of my dad. Its an older picture and he's dressed really nice, suit and tie and its in black and white. Its a really good picture and I love black and white photos. Me and my mom got to talking about what to do with all the picture of my dad and I suggested a photo album. I think that would be nice. He died almost two months ago and it feels like yesterday. I miss him so much it hurts.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Huge hug for you sweetie... I know that it hurts terribly and I'm hugging you....xo
irishwriter
irishwriter
hugs to you pagan - i still miss my mother - but having those photos is a great comfort..
TC40
TC40
Hugs xxx
dobiedots
dobiedots
Photo album would be the way to go. Not just any album, buy a real spiffy one...ornate. You could write little things in there too, like the things he liked to do, some of his jokes, little personal tidbits of his life, his wise or not so wise sayings. Anything you can think of would be great!
MayB
MayB
Pagan I'm so sorry...

Yes a photo album would be a great way of honoring him why not?

It's in these little ways that we learn to say good bye in ways that feel right and help us to open our hearts and not close down....
andrealambert
andrealambert
I agree that special photo albums of the person you love are great if you have a bunch of photos and you can scrapbook in letters and stuff and make it really cool as a nice way of remembering.

I finished scrapbooking my wedding album until after my wife was dead and I'm so glad I did finish my wedding album because our wedding was beautiful and I'm so glad I have at least the memories.

If you only have one or two photos of your dad anything thing that you could do with it is make a grief altar where you can sit and burn incense and light candles and commune with them. That's what I did with some of the other photos of my wife like the funeral card and a wedding photo in a frame.

You can also just straight up frame it and hang it on your wall to remember if it's big and nice, I did that with another one of the wedding photos of the two of us.
joneszy93
joneszy93
I'm so sorry P. Grieving over the loss of a loved one is never easy. I'm sending you lots of hugs and healing vibes. ((Hugs))
SensitiveHoboLady
SensitiveHoboLady
Lots of (((((hugs)))))) pagan. Thinking of you, my friend.
PaganSpirit
PaganSpirit
Thanks Andrea for your suggestions and thanks to everyone for your thoughts and hugs. It means a lot to me to have such great support.
dobiedots
dobiedots
A good beeper is a supportive beeper.
(It's on a Dollar coin...look it up)
PaganSpirit
PaganSpirit
Well said dobie.well said. I'll take your word for it its on the dollar coin.
dobiedots
dobiedots
I will mail you one!! It's actually a gold doubloon.
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