Thursday, March 9, 2006

My Dad is Dying/Tell Us about Your Dad


My Dad Is Dying


Tell us some thing Lovely Your Dad Did


The big guy needs to take a big trip... He has been very ill for ten years.


You might say that he has big shoes to fill..He had fun as a young man and he earned money to but his own car! He blew up his father's shed one day trying to make beer!He had a great sense of humor and he played the guitar... he had to suffer through bad times in America and his Dad sold his car to pay for the family. Basically he had to give up his dream of college to become a doctor for the family.He worked very hard his whole life. He adopted my first stepmother's kid and he loves him so much. My first stepmother got the fatal form of cancer.Then she died of cancer,after my dad took care of her.


He remarried my curretn stepmother who is still alive today and he put her kids through college and he still loves them today.My stepmother has cancer(breast cancer). He saw her through all of that and now she is a survivor.She is a wonderful woman and we are all so proud of her. She was first a school teacher.Before she got cancer she had studied and became a social worker.She helped many people.


Both of these wonderful people instilled in us great beliefs. They wanted us to aspire to fulfill our dreams and to help others fulfill theirs.


He has polio before they invented a cure so now the polio has been really eating him away. He got Alzheimers too.


I will miss him.


Your turn.

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am glad you have such great memories of your father....I have lots of entries on my parents, one which I wrote not too long ago.

Anonymous said...

What wonderful memories of your father.  He could teach many of us a lesson or two that's for sure about what is really important in life.  I never knew my real father, but my stepfather who raised me had some of the very same values as your father.  You know you are in my prayers and your father.
Love,
Lisa

Anonymous said...

Please know that your entire family is in my prayers. I sent you a seperate email (in response to your prayer request). Sounds like you have a wonderful dad! Such great memories to keep! Rest knowing that he's going to a far much better place, to reap his much deserved rewards!!!
God Bless,
SUGAR

Anonymous said...

Your dad sounds like a wonderful man. It is one of the hardest things in the world to say good-bye to a parent. But to tell you the truth, my father died over 20 years ago and I feel him around me whenever I need him. He sometimes even comes to me in dreams and they are always positive and help me with a problem I have or had. I truly believe people we love never leave us. It's hard for us because when they go to God, we can't physically touch them and so on but they can see us and we can become better people because they lived and loved us.
Angela

Anonymous said...

Oh goodness, i'm so sorry to hear about your dad. You write about him with such passion, its clear that he's a special and important person in your life. I'm glad that you have such wonderful memories of him. I'll be sure to him you all in my thoughts and prayers.

I'll write about my dad in my journal over the next few days and leave you a link because its my dads bday on sunday.

shermeen xx

Anonymous said...

You are most certainly in my thoughts, Natalie.  Be well and wonderful, and I will do my best to try and make you smile at least a little.  Your father sounds like a wonderful man.  The world seems lucky to have had him in it.  

Your friend,
Dan

Anonymous said...

Nat, you loved your dad, and you should miss him. It's good to remember the big picture of his life. Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be the same age as your dad, and live the same time, and know him from that perspective? I've wondered that myself, a time or two, about my own dad. He had lots of friends, people he'd go fishing with, or play cards with, or bowl with. They knew a Joe that I didn't know. He could laugh and joke around with them. It puzzled me as a teen that I couldn't do the same with him. I suppose, in retrospect, it was because I was a teen with teen angst, and narrow teen thinking, and couldn't connect with my dad. He tried, in his way, to connect with me, but mostly we had long silences between us when we were together. Peaceful long silences. I found that to be better than getting into arguments about stupid stuff. My dad would have done anything to please me, if I would let him. But I never did because I moved away and got married, and saw him maybe once a year. His last five years were painful, both physically and emotionally, and I came to know things about my dad in those last five years that he'd never spoken of before. Had he told me twenty years earlier, how much closer we might have become. We love our dads because of that special place they hold in our hearts. He was the first man I ever fell in love with, and the first military man I ever fell in love with. My dad was my first soldier, in my eyes and in my heart. I know you will miss him, but that is a good thing, Nat. That's how we keep our loved ones alive. I am sad with you. I hope your trip to be with family is peaceful and loving. Love, Bea

Anonymous said...

I love you and I hope your memories will ease your sorrow.
I was in the store the other night adn I saw a man & thought,"he reminds me of my dad
I mentally shook myself and said,
"silly, that guy is the same age as you, Marti"
that's when it hit me, I am the age of my dad when he died.
Weird.
Marti

Anonymous said...

My dad is European.
He's the boss of the house.
He coached me and my brothers in soccer.
He loves his wife very much, but is afraid to show it sometimes.
He is a good man, one of the best.
We all love him. very much.

Anonymous said...

    My best description of my Dad is this one:  He had four daughters, and he made us all feel like we were his favorite.  He was  one of those people that everyone liked ... he always had a smile on his face, even when things were tough for him.  He has been gone for 27 years now, but I will always carry my wonderful memories of him with me.  Nat .... I'm so sorry for your loss.  Know that my prayers are with you, and that in time, your sadness will be replaced by your beautiful memories, too.   Take care, and God bless, Tina

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I hope everything works out.

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Anonymous said...

Please accept my heartfelt saddness over the loss of your father. But know he waits for you at Home, where we will all meet our beloved ones someday! God Bless you dear, sending a personal email.
Blessings & Hugs,
SUGAR

Anonymous said...

came from sister sugars, wanted to say how sorry i am about your dad passing away. will be praying for all of the family.
Lori

Anonymous said...

I just heard...i am so sorry my friend...so so so so sorry. If there is anything you need, let me know. LOVE you,lisa jo

Anonymous said...

Heard from Rev. Sugar at her blog, that you lost your father. Please accept my condolences. May God be with you.

Anonymous said...

Coming by way of Dianna...so sorry to hear about your dad...My dad died in 1994 of a cardiac arrest.  I was his princess...he would have done anything in the world for my kids and I.  What he did...before he died (in Sept.), he bought me a Deamsicle Angel for a Christmas gift.  He came home and wrapped it and tagged it for me right then.  He had no idea he wouldn't going to be around.  My mom gave it to me that Christmas.  I burst into tears.  I now collect Dreamsicles but my very first one is the most precious.  HUGS....remember the good times and good things about your dad...Chris

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry to hear about your day :-(  (((((((((((hugs)))))))))))) xx

Anonymous said...

Just come over from Sugar's journal. I'm so sorry to hear that your beloved dad died. Jeannette.  

Anonymous said...

sorry to hear about your Dad I pray peace and comfort that only GOD can give you

Anonymous said...

Came from Sister Sugars to tell you I'm sorry to hear about your dad. Will pray for you & your family.

Anonymous said...

wonted you to kno am prayng for you. come from ovar at sugar journal.

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Anonymous said...

I came over from Dianna's journal. Just to say Im sorry and send my love your way. Laine xxxx
http://journals.aol.co.uk/elainey2465/MyArtWorld/

Anonymous said...

Thinking of you and Praying for you and your family.  GBU, Shelly

Anonymous said...

Hi, nice to meet.  I've popped over from sazzy's place to send you hugs and prayers. ;)  C.  http://journals.aol.com/gdireneoe/thedailies

Anonymous said...

Came from Dianna's journal.  Although we don't REALLY know each other, we are BOTH part of the J-Land Family and I wanted you to know that you have my empathy.  I am thinking of you and your family at this time.
                                                                                    Cyndy