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Ok all... This is my attemp at writting a poem... Feel free to share your thoughts for, I have no clue as to how it really sounds to some one else... Funny I am nervous as can be :) Let'n Go & Let'n God & Al-anon :) P.S. I had always called my Father "Daddy-O"
I lost my dear father a little over one month ago and the pain is so severe at times I barely know which foot to put down first in order to take the next step.
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Everything I have ever let go of has claw marks all over it.
Thank you all for reading me first try :) ... It is all of you that has given me the strength to Carry on... I am forever grateful to one and all...
Love, Hugs & Prayers Jozie
Ms. Rosie.. Your pretty Sweet yourself so thank you :) Ms Betty... You have always been there for me thank you... Christy... As Are you.. Mobirdie...You have me if you need me for I know that pain all to well... Hort7.... Thank you for being here...
Hi Jozie, OHH... i tried my luck at writing a poem too, but ended in tears. Twenty years this year I lost my dad. I miss him SO much. There was nothing he couldn't do. And I could have used his help yesterday when my hot water heater busted. He could do anything, plumbing, heating, electric, teach me to drive, carpenter work, run off the boys, build a house, fix a car, spoil me...he just did it all. He's the only person I ever knew that could cut and weed the lawn, clean the pool, wash me and my mom's car and visit all his brothers and sisters and be back home with donuts for breakfast before I rolled out of bed on Saturdays mornings. (well, i was a teen ager and probably slept till noon) But he did it all! He took great care of me and my mom. We were so lost when he was called to go to heaven. Suddenly at 37 a massive heart attack took him away from me (17) and mom (36). It has taken the loss of my dad and being married to an alcholic for me to find GOD. It's through our trials that our faith is sharpened. It's a bitter sweet reward. The loss of my earthly father to know my heavenly father. I sort of get it now. It's still makes my heart hurt sometimes though. I'm looking forward to bringing him flowers on fathers day.
Thanks Jean... I adored mine as well, it took me a long time to get to a place were we could be friends, after my parents divorce, but I am so glad that we got it back together before he past...
Tonya... This will be my 1st Fathers Day without him, and I know it is going to be tough, but after speaking with a dear friend on here he has given me a wonderful tribute to share with my father on Fathers Day, so I too am looking forward to taking him flowers, and his poem. :) My dad when I was younger "Before Alcohol" Was my "Superman" as well... He could do it all, fix it all, make everything right, I think that is why when my parents divorced, i was soo mad that he just "Couldn't Fix it", but then of course later, I found out that he was cheating on my mom, beating my mom, (Which I saw) and doing all kinds of drugs, and that is what helped the divorce along...Me being only 9 I didn't know what an Alcoholic was at the time, I just know that guy I had put on the pedastal was slowly coming off... But once I realized what the disease was he had, i slowly got back in his life, (Of course trying to save him), but thru it all we still came to a place of Love and Understanding, it was a long hard road to walk, but I am so blessed to have had him be that big a part of my life... For as long as I had him... Sometimes, when i am passing by his old place, i still want to hit my turn signal and go see him, but I have to stop, breathe, and go forward...
I am not a poet, but for some reason, this day something happened, and the words just hit the screen.. don't know why or how it just happened... One Day At A Time I suppose :)
Thank you MIP Family for I couldn't have gotten this far with out ALL of you :)
