Thoughts of Dad

[mrs_talksalot]

I think it is weird that as the oldest child I am the same age Dad was when his mother died, and the youngest, Noah, is the same age Max was then. I didn’t speak at Dad’s memorial. At the event I just didn’t think I could get through it, but I did think of things to say if I had had the composure. Some of the things I thought of were expressed by

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Reminders

[bedora]

I keep finding things that remind me of your dad. I get a little jolt when Johnny is mentioned on Facebook or he posts something or I'll see a post I think your dad would like and then remember... I hadn't known he was taking you to the beach at sunrise. When we were kids, the whole family would go to the beach near the Yankee Clipper at dawn, watch the sunrise, go swimming and then Mom and or Dad would cook us breakfast on one of the charcoal grills they had there. I think I unconsciously carried on the tradition by walking to the beach on school day mornings when I was in high school with my friend, Lenny. We would watch the sunrise get our feet wet and then go back and get ready for school. It made being in the windowless Ft. Lauderdale High a little easier to take.

I'm glad we got to spend some time together. The trip home had its own set a harrowing experiences but could have been a lot worse!