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iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

0 posted 2004-06-20 04:07 AM

If you were here, Dad....
Oh, but never mind, you’re not.
You only lingered in the etherland
three years, and now I can’t
reach you anymore.
Cannot tell you about my children
or show you how I’ve grown.
Cannot call to say I love you
for all the things you’ve shown.
So I write this poem for me tonight.
I know with whom I share.
And I tell myself I love you dear
for the living part of you is here.
I think I’ll call my sister, Cathy,
and share these words with her.
Because there is a part of you
that is living in her, too.
I won’t forget my mother,
or my other siblings, two.
All of them are mirrors of
a little bit of you.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2004-06-20 04:33 AM

wow...this is touching

family is important

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

2 posted 2004-06-20 04:41 AM

Dixie - yes it is. Father's Day is always hard though it's been years since Dad passed on. This year, I'm trying to look at it differently. Thanks for reading.

Rick
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since 2001-06-21

Posts 2903
Victoria, Australia

3 posted 2004-06-20 08:20 AM

iliana, these were touching words and well enjoyed, thank you for sharing my friend appreciated.

Sincerely
Rick

Sadelite
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since 2003-10-11

Posts 2519

4 posted 2004-06-20 09:05 AM

Aw, Jo, this is so sweet and lovely. I'll treasure it. Just to think there is a little Dad in us...what a potent thought! And you, dear sis, probably are most like him. He would be proud. I love you.
Cathy

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

5 posted 2004-06-20 09:52 AM

Jo, this is a very touching poem.
Thanks for sharing it with us.

Hugs,
Ethel

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

6 posted 2004-06-20 05:32 PM

Hugs,
TD

Kevo
Member

since 2004-06-02

Posts 466
Navarro County, Texas, USA

7 posted 2004-06-20 06:56 PM

Passed on? Yes. Gone? No. The greatest gift of parenting? If you do it right, you live on...well beyond your years. Immortal. Unforgotten. Transcending time. Alive in the hearts of even those who have never met him. Life after? Yes, for a father there is life after. Your tribute does not fall on deaf ears. Very touching poem. As a father, I sincerely appreciate it's message. He must have been quite a man to be so honored with the deftness of your pen.

Kevin

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

8 posted 2004-06-20 06:57 PM

Beautiful jo, and he sees you, knows your kids, and is still a part of your life. I know this to be true.

Hugs -- Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

9 posted 2004-06-21 01:05 AM

As a father who saw none of his children today (because of great distances), I, for one, will cherish your words:

"All of them are mirrors of
a little bit of you"

thank you so much for sharing...it helped me remember my mirrors...

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

10 posted 2004-06-21 07:59 AM

More than a little of him in you
Half of each in the bunch of his children
All good persons and kind
And that is exactly what I’d expect to find.

I believe he watching
And knows (probably tells everything to Santa),
Sure he is proud ( bragging to everyone on his cloud).

Fine tribute

Gloom

Ericc
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since 2003-01-31

Posts 4178

11 posted 2004-06-21 10:36 AM

Beautiful words never go unheard to ears that linger in our hearts.

He heard.

Love,
Eric

GG
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since 2002-12-03

Posts 3532
Lost in thought

12 posted 2004-06-21 06:25 PM

Jo, you're right... the life of a great man is lived on through the love and lessons instilled into those around them. I can see there is a part of him that is alive and well in you

Beautiful...

Always, Alyssa

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce kilmer

Spiros Zafiris
Senior Member

since 2002-10-20

Posts 982
Canada

13 posted 2004-06-21 06:53 PM

..iliana../\..very love-filled poem.

spiros

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ThUnDeRkYsS
Senior Member

since 1999-09-23

Posts 727
Wisconsin

14 posted 2004-06-21 07:12 PM

Beautiful work here, very touching and pure.

Brian

Strive for higher levels, if they seem out of reach... Grow, and they will get closer.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

15 posted 2004-06-21 07:33 PM

Jo, my eyes are welling with tears at the beauty of your loving and sentimental words. Just from my getting to know his daughters (You and Cathy (Sadie)), I know that he must have been a wonderful man!

~ and this heartfelt poem helps keep his memory alive! I'm sure he's smiling down at you!

Loving hugs,
Linda

Goodknight
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since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

16 posted 2004-06-21 08:36 PM

very nicely done with a powerful longing that is very touching - Paul

PKreturns
Member

since 2003-07-21

Posts 362
New Orleans, LA

17 posted 2004-06-22 08:35 AM

I like the way you look at things now and the way you expressed it here. Hope it helps writing it down.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

18 posted 2004-06-22 08:36 AM

my dear friend, as long as the heart remembers, he is there with you, always...you and your sister.

Love to you...hugs and thank you for sharing such lovely thoughts...

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