2 years

Dad's memory garden

Today marks 2 years since Dad said "goodbye-for-now" to us.

It seems like a loooong time ago on some days.  And other days, it seems like I just had given Dad his last hug & kiss over his hospice bed.

Yet the pain & grief is still real & hard...I miss a lot of things about him...

Not being able to call Dad in his truck/tractor and see what he's doing today...

Not seeing him getting off the plane with Mom for a visit...

Not being able to ask him questions about his thoughts on investments, mortgage payments-all those life questions that Dad's are just supposed to know.

Not seeing him "shh" us kids when we are all together...oh, Dad you would have quite a bit to "shh" these days as are families grow!

The most difficult part of losing Dad is seeing the tears well up in my Mom's eyes when we talk about him or her bounce with laughter at one of Dad's funny memories & oh, there were sooooo many!  After 40 years of marriage, it doesn't really seem "right" when Dad's not by Mom's side.

One of the greatest blessings of a blog is being able to quickly look back & locate your archives and read over the many posts, comments & prayers that were sent our way while we slowly said our earthly goodbyes.  Prayers have sustained us and even the occasionally comment in church from a Believer, a hug from a friend & "how is your Mom doing?" is super uplifting...so, thank you.

I posted this video of memories last year, but after watching it, I'm going to post it again...I love the memories & song.  For some reason, I can't get the video to load, so click here and it will take you to the blog post where it's also posted.

If interested, click here for a link of my blog post when he passed...click here for the link to his obituary.