Monday, December 31, 2012

I Still Remember.

Daddy at my Uncle's home in Madeira.

11:00am, 31st December 2001 is when my life changed forever.

11:00am, 31st December 2001 is when my brother called to tell me that my father was missing.

11:00am, 31st December 2001 is when I knew that my father was gone.

11:00am, 31st December 2001 is when I knew that I wouldn't ever see his smiling face, hear his infectious laugh, hold his caring hands and receive anymore robust hugs.

11:00am, 31st December 2001 is when I knew that I was so blessed to have spent time with my father in March 2001 on a family vacation.  Who knew it would be the last.

11:00am, 31st December 2001 is when I knew what it felt like to have a part of your heart taken away, never to be replaced.

11:00am, 31st December 2001 is when I learned that you never let the sun set on your anger, that you love with abandon and that you never miss an opportunity to let someone know how much they mean to you and how much you love them.

Daddy, you are missed, every day.  

6 comments:

  1. Huge Hug Lydia. xx

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  2. Love with abandon-very true. Keep those great memories playing.

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  3. You are so right. We should never wait to show the people in our lives how much they mean to us.

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  4. And he lives on through your love. I feel like I've been getting to know him. Thanks for introducing us.

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  5. Powerful post. Love. Sending mental love your way. Belated love, but love all the same.

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