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Originally Posted by dougal I bet hes reading it saying Im so proud of you being strong. |
I do hope that's true, and I hope I'll see him one day again.
I think right now, the best thing I can do is maybe write a poem now and then, to share my fondness of Dad with others. I'm too old to join the military. Besides I would probably goof up and embarrass him.
He's alive, in our heart and soul. You realize just how strong you're not, when you lose a man like that. He's the one who kept everything in order and held things together. Without him, things just haven't been the same for our whole family. *laughs* though he did teach my sister to fix televisions and some of her skills with mechanics (he worked a lot on Diesel engines in the military). It seemed he knew everything, and he didn't stop learning until the time he became sick. When I was younger I took him for granted at times, and now, there's nothing I wouldn't give to have him back. The Navy really makes men irreplaceable.