For all those folks whose Dads have passed away...

[Fata Morgana]

...remember this on Father's Day.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

Anne Sexton

(My Dad was the spit of Carl from Up)

 

[Fata Morgana]

There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.

John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery

 

[mark197205]

 

[BotanyBoy]

Mine won't biff it already....I want his 74' tripple black Challenger....

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Mine won't biff it already....I want his 74' tripple black Challenger....

If it were a Ford, I'd call you a covetous serpent's tooth.


If it were a Chevy, I'd call you an ungrateful little bastard.


Since it's a Mopar, I'll say you should be kind, but I'll PM you that I still have places to hide lots of bodies . . . .

 

[Fata Morgana]

Really? In this thread?

 

[IndieSnob]

Some people have no clue how to act with grace or class.

Free speech and all that jazz, but there's other avenues. Thank God for ignore.

 

[run_silent]

My Dad and I used to go on road trips together. There were places we both wanted to see and others that one of of us wanted to show the other. It was delightful to be shown something the other didn't know about.

They were good times and sometimes I forget he is gone. I still go somewhere and think I've got to show Dad this.

One of the funniest times was one night we both couldn't sleep and I was watching Beavis and Butthead. I expected him to tolerate it but then he started laughing. Pure gold.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Really? In this thread?

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Sorry...figured you had me on iggy anyhow.

Some people have no clue how to act with grace or class.

Free speech and all that jazz, but there's other avenues. Thank God for ignore.

Grace and class are over rated.....

If it were a Ford, I'd call you a covetous serpent's tooth.


If it were a Chevy, I'd call you an ungrateful little bastard.


Since it's a Mopar, I'll say you should be kind, but I'll PM you that I still have places to hide lots of bodies . . . .

Spoken like a patriot...you should come catch some waves with me sometime.

 

[about_average]

I just wish I'd had more time with mine.
He had his faults, but he asked to have buried with him a letter I wrote him on what I was sure would be his last father's day, which it was. I suppose that says how I remember him.

 

[Billionaire]

All you have to do is shove it up my ass...

 

[run_silent]

Really? In this thread?

My word of the day is douche. We have now met the king of all douchebags of all time.

 

[BotanyBoy]

My word of the day is douche. We have now met the king of all douchebags of all time.

Not king...

CHAMPION....

And besides, you already knew that I was a douche....just too nice to have ever said so/show it before....just like all the other liars out there.

 

[warrior queen]

My 'spare Dad' passed away a few years ago.
A short while before he died, he sent me a letter with a recipe in it.
That letter is framed above my stovetop.... and whenever I cook I see it and smile.
He taught me to love creating food for others. It was a gift from him to me - none of his biological children wanted to spend time learning with him, so he poured his creativity into me.
I miss his love and wisdom.

 

[run_silent]

Not king...

CHAMPION....

And besides, you already knew that I was a douche....just too nice to have ever said so/show it before....just like all the other liars out there.

You are not funny. Nor are you satirically clever.

Welcome to the few people I have on ignore.

 

[Aquagal]

From as early as I can remember my Dad always said. "Honey, you are beautiful." Not til I was an adult did I realize he wasn't talking about aesthetics. He meant when I smiled, laughed, told a story, cooked, in more recent years watching me parent, observed me...just be.

He showed me to love our culture, to appreciate good food, to keep learning, to live a full life.

 

[SkAoUt]

I got my short fuse from my dad but also my "farmer" know how. I remember he was most proud of me as a kid when I made a tool to remove the throwout bearing in my Volvo (1st car), which I probably picked up from him.

Its been 2 1/2 years and it gets easier but I still miss him tonnes. Thank heavens me mather is still above ground and in good health.

 

[BotanyBoy]

You are not funny. Nor are you satirically clever.

Welcome to the few people I have on ignore.

My butt hurt is eternal...

 

[butters]

to all of you who miss your fathers, enjoy the good memories

 

[tactful]

A thoughtful thread, if ever there was one.

 

[girlsmiley]

There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.

John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery

Beautiful.

 

[CHNOPS]

Lost him 14 years ago yesterday, buried him 14 years ago tomorrow. I did the eulogy. His death was a rock that changed the flow of the river. My world has been slightly off to the side of its "normal" path ever since.

He'd just turned 70. It was the first fight he'd ever lost.

My own son was born 7 years ago, my daughter two years after that. Nothing ever makes me closer to my father, than being a father. Little do my children know the gift they've brought with them.

 

[smtst5]

RIP to my grandfather 6/14/94
RIP to my brother 6/15/02
RIP to my dad 12/22/08

All 3 were fathers. All 3 were the biggest influences in my life.

I miss them all.

 

[Laurel]

...remember this on Father's Day.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

Anne Sexton

(My Dad was the spit of Carl from Up)

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Lost him 14 years ago yesterday, buried him 14 years ago tomorrow. I did the eulogy. His death was a rock that changed the flow of the river. My world has been slightly off to the side of its "normal" path ever since.

He'd just turned 70. It was the first fight he'd ever lost.

My own son was born 7 years ago, my daughter two years after that. Nothing ever makes me closer to my father, than being a father. Little do my children know the gift they've brought with them.

very nice.