This is my dad.
He loved us very much.
He loved me the most.
He died.
And I can’t tell him
All of the things I wish
I had told him.
I can’t ask him all of the questions
That maturity has given me the curiosity and wisdom
To know there was so much
I wished to ask him.
I can’t reflect with him
On all of the lessons he taught me.
And I can’t sit with him and laugh about all of the childhood things
We all lived through together.
With him as dad
And us as kids.
But
I can always love him.
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Wherever your dad is, he must have smiled upon reading the post! 🙂
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Thank you Aishwarya 🙂
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Beautiful Colleen.
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Thank you Paul 🙂
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I can see the family resemblance Colleen! ❤
Diana xo
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I do look like him 🙂
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People live on through our memories. X
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They certainly do 🙂
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As an aside Colleen I just did a guest post over at Mark Bialczak’s and I would be honored if you had the time to drop by. Thank You. https://markbialczak.com/2016/06/19/janices-bicyle/comment-page-1/#comment-80839
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beautiful –
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Thank you Beth 🙂
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Wonderful post, Colleen! It’s a day that many of us who have lost our dad’s reflect back on them, as I do mine.
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I’m grateful to be able to reflect with joy. 🙂
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Yes, you are! 🙂
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But you can always always love him. I am so sorry for your loss, Colleen, a good father is a treasure in a million. I myself regret all the times I don’t spend with my dad and he is alive, he just lives thousands of miles away. Your dad I am sure would be happy to read what you have written. Beautiful. May he always live on in your memories.
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Thank you OB. He was a treasure. I hope you and your dad can connect in other ways. Distance makes it hard. At least you can still share your thoughts and words with one another.
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Thank you Colleen. You’re absolutely right, at least we still can 🙂
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Handsome fellow, Colleen. A wonderful tribute to your dad on Father’s Day. ❤ ❤ ❤
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Thank you Tess. He was a looker, or so I’ve been told by seemingly hundreds of women throughout my life. 😉
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Lots of women can go gaga, but he stuck with one, right?
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Well, for over 20 years they did. 😉
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😥 ❤️
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❤
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We sure do love our dads. ❤ Lovely post.
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Thank you Paulette 🙂 And yes we do !
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That’s very true Colleen! You were lucky to have had him for the time you did. I see a strong family resemblance!
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I do carry a resemblance to the ol’ fella. 🙂 And we were lucky indeed Marissa.
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Always.
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🙂
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You’ll get another chance. I wish I’d had a relationship like that with my dad.
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I wish you had too, fortunately, you have your mom.
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A lovely tribute Colleen! xx
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Thank you Lynz 🙂
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Hugs Colleen. My dad was the age I am now when he died. It’s hard to believe how much living he’s missed and how much loving we have missed.
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Hugs returned Tric. That has to be a bit mind boggling….to reach his age and know all that has transpired since he left. I know how much you love him still, I hope that helps keep him near.
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Most days I feel him very close indeed. I suppose over the years I’ve found him and kept him there.
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It sounds like you very much have Tric.
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I hope that sharing your father with us this Father’s Day made it a special day, even in the feeling of what can no longer be. I had so many coworkers tell me at work today that yesterday was tough! A lot of emotions stirred and the longing to have just a little bit more time with beloved dads. What a handsome man, Colleen. And your special relationship is a treasure even now.
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Thank you Debra. You know, I don’t really find the day tough. I find it more nostalgia filled. I find it fun and entertaining to see the little ones and young parents celebrating the day. It’s always a joy to see the little hand print cards and dad day activities. So I do okay. I guess the one thing that does play over and over….is the imagining one more visit, one more chance to say the things we always leave unsaid. Or think we leave unsaid. 🙂
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Beautiful tribute, Colleen.
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Thank you Niaaeryn.
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This speaks volumes: “I can always love him.”
Hello, I love this so much! Warm feelings and some serious thoughts passed through my mind. My Dad made it to 69, but it is “never enough time!”
I apologize for not reading so many posts. Summer in the hot warehouse drags me down. I don’t want to miss this much of YOU again, Colleen. ❤
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My dad made it to 65. And no, it wasn’t enough time.
And thank you for not wanting to miss me. 🙂 But I do understand. Life is not going to wait for us to read our blogs. 😉
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Awwwwh. And what a cutie. 🙂
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😀 Thank you!
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Just came across. I’m sure your Dad was a good man. He’d have been proud of you. My Dad passed unexpectedly in March of 2016. I’m familiar with what you’re feeling, at least I think I am. I might not be but my point is it’s hard being a son with out a dad around. No one gets it except for men like us.
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Thank you Austin. Your words brought up a good bit of emotion for me. (I do have to point out though, I’m female. It’s not the first time someone has thought other wise though! I look a good bit like my dad and brothers. But I’m all girl.) 🙂 Thank you for sharing your feelings.
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Eek I’m so so so very sorry for my terrible mistake. I’m so embarrassed
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Oh please don’t be embarrassed Austin. YOu are not the first and won’t be the last. I wear my hair short, look like my dad, and joke about it. So truly no worries. 🙂
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