I am so sorry for the loss of your father who was obviously such a huge part of all of your lives/worlds. This is a beautiful way to celebrate his life! Thank you for sharing it with us. My thoughts are with you.
The trying events sap our will, Yet, the lovely red blooms add a beauty that tries to comfort if only because they are so beautiful. That these flowers were there, says that so many remember the man he was. Lovely occurs within trying times...
I don't know you, I just surfed in through Photo Hunters, but I too have lost a Dad, and when I saw this post I wanted say I'm sorry to hear of your your loss.
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
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I am so sorry for the loss of your father who was obviously such a huge part of all of your lives/worlds. This is a beautiful way to celebrate his life! Thank you for sharing it with us. My thoughts are with you.
Sylvia
So sorry you lost your dad. But the flowers are beautiful. He must have had many wonderful relatives and friends who loved him.
The trying events sap our will, Yet, the lovely red blooms add a beauty that tries to comfort if only because they are so beautiful. That these flowers were there, says that so many remember the man he was. Lovely occurs within trying times...
Sorry for your loss. I lost my dad this time last year. May the Lord give you courage and strength.
So sorry for your loss. The beautiful flowers are a tribute to him.
Sorry for your loss. hang on and be strong.
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My deepest sympathy for your loss.
The flowers were truly beautiful.
What a sad blog post...yet beautiful in its own way. A fine tribute from all friends and family.
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So sorry for the loss of your father. Hugs!
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Very sorry for the loss of your dad. The flowers are beautiful.
Please accept my deepest condolences. These gorgeous flowers are a lovely tribute.
(((HUGS)))
I don't know you, I just surfed in through Photo Hunters, but I too have lost a Dad, and when I saw this post I wanted say I'm sorry to hear of your your loss.
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