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this is a poem i wrote for my father on fathers day,2003, i have to tell you what he did,
first he shed a tear (one of the few he had ever shed,or that we had seen.
then the next morning when he went to his usual breakfast clud.(with the good old boys). i watched him leave,here he had this big poem i had framed for him in an 11"x14" frame tucked under his arm as he headed out...i laughed and said "dad i can make you a smaller copy if you want to carry it around" and he replied "nope,this is fine" it was so sweet......but it meant so much to him,
i think more than anything i could have ever gotten him, and i am so gald i did it....i will always celebrate my father on fathers day even though he is not here, he is in every breath i take...
TO MY WONDERFUL FATHER
FATHER, I JUST HOPE YOU SEE,
THE AWSOME BLESSING YOU ARE TO ME.
AND I JUST HOPE I CAN LET YOU KNOW,
HOW MUCH I ADORE AND LOVE YOU SO.
YOU HAVE BEEN THERE SO MANY TIMES,
FOR ME TO LEAN ON YOU.
YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THE ANSWERS DAD,
THAT HELPED ME MAKE IT THROUGH.
SO MANY TIMES ,I'VE MADE MISTAKES,
BUT OF ONE THING I WAS ALWAYS SURE
,YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE DAD,
TO MAKE ME FEEL SECURE.
HOW CAN I EVER THANK YOU FATHER,
FOR ALL THE LOVE YOU'VE SHOWN?
AND PLEASE KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU SO,
AND IN YOUR LOVE,I'VE GROWN.
THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN DO ,
IS THANK OUR GOD ABOVE,
FOR BLESSING ME WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL FATHER
,THAT IS CAPABLE OF SO MUCH LOVE.
NO, WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO THANK YOU FATHER,
FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU 'VE DONE,
AND THANK YOU FATHER FROM BOTH OF US,
FOR ALWAYS BEING THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE ,
THA BOTH OF US COULD ALWAYS TRUST.
YOU ARE LOVED SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!
TRACY AND JOYCE
(your two girls)
this is what he always called my daughter and me...
thanks for reading my poem and journa. and thanks for helping me through this day ds friends.i love you so much....AND HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL OF THE FATHERS OUT THERE.
so see ds how you have helped me i honestly did not know how i would make it through this day and it is now sooooooooooooooooo much better..
and i am so sorry this is so long!!
love ya all
joyce
first he shed a tear (one of the few he had ever shed,or that we had seen.
then the next morning when he went to his usual breakfast clud.(with the good old boys). i watched him leave,here he had this big poem i had framed for him in an 11"x14" frame tucked under his arm as he headed out...i laughed and said "dad i can make you a smaller copy if you want to carry it around" and he replied "nope,this is fine" it was so sweet......but it meant so much to him,
i think more than anything i could have ever gotten him, and i am so gald i did it....i will always celebrate my father on fathers day even though he is not here, he is in every breath i take...
TO MY WONDERFUL FATHER
FATHER, I JUST HOPE YOU SEE,
THE AWSOME BLESSING YOU ARE TO ME.
AND I JUST HOPE I CAN LET YOU KNOW,
HOW MUCH I ADORE AND LOVE YOU SO.
YOU HAVE BEEN THERE SO MANY TIMES,
FOR ME TO LEAN ON YOU.
YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THE ANSWERS DAD,
THAT HELPED ME MAKE IT THROUGH.
SO MANY TIMES ,I'VE MADE MISTAKES,
BUT OF ONE THING I WAS ALWAYS SURE
,YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE DAD,
TO MAKE ME FEEL SECURE.
HOW CAN I EVER THANK YOU FATHER,
FOR ALL THE LOVE YOU'VE SHOWN?
AND PLEASE KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU SO,
AND IN YOUR LOVE,I'VE GROWN.
THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN DO ,
IS THANK OUR GOD ABOVE,
FOR BLESSING ME WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL FATHER
,THAT IS CAPABLE OF SO MUCH LOVE.
NO, WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO THANK YOU FATHER,
FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU 'VE DONE,
AND THANK YOU FATHER FROM BOTH OF US,
FOR ALWAYS BEING THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE ,
THA BOTH OF US COULD ALWAYS TRUST.
YOU ARE LOVED SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!
TRACY AND JOYCE
(your two girls)
this is what he always called my daughter and me...
thanks for reading my poem and journa. and thanks for helping me through this day ds friends.i love you so much....AND HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL OF THE FATHERS OUT THERE.
so see ds how you have helped me i honestly did not know how i would make it through this day and it is now sooooooooooooooooo much better..
and i am so sorry this is so long!!
love ya all
joyce
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I miss traveling with my husband. Has anyone found a specific site regarding cruising for widow/widowers or any sightseeing trips. Not interested in being with couples and kids,,,I realize a cruise ship will have a portion size of families and couples, but perhaps they also put together a part of the cruise ship for groups of widows/widowers????
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A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...
if anyone read my post yesterday , i was at rock bottom,and thanks to my ds friends and me drawing strength from them , i am doing ok today,,,
so when things seem their worst, they are not,just look at anything in your life, even if it is just one preciouse thing.and get your stregnth from there.
and know there are so many beautiful people here to help you,find your stregnth,
just hang in there, fight and it will get better.
hugs
joyce
hugs
joyce