I miss my Dad.

[Maine-ah]

Happy Fathers day. Remember you only get one. It's been 15 years since my Dad has been gone, but I sat here and cried this morning like it was yesterday.

[KurtNYC]

1. Hug

:hug:

[JNelson6563]

2. I'm right here with ya.

What I wouldn't give to have 5 minutes with my dad! He died in 1990 of bone cancer.

I try to focus on the fact that I was lucky enough to have had such a marvelous dad for 27 years of my life. I'll be rich in the important ways my entire life because of those 27 years.

Julie

[Tikki]

5. My father was my father-in-law and he was the bestest...

Used to call me Sis and I loved him for raising such a nice man to be my husband.

He, also, passed in 1990 and I would take the 5 minutes and introduce him to
his two great grandchildren and he would have them mesmerized and laughing by then.

Miss you C. B.

Love Tikki

[Bertha Venation]

3. Maine-ah

:hug:

[femmocrat]

4. Me too.

He left us in 1996. We never had enough time together.

Spend time with your dads today, DU!! :cry:

[Mr. Ected]

6. This is my first Father's Day without him

Were it not for my own two young sons, I would feel absolutely hollow today.

Dad, I miss you.

I miss your voice, I miss your encouragement, I miss your humor, I miss your hugs.

I hope I did you proud. I'll always try to walk the path you tread for me.

[WileEcoyote]

7. You talk to your father when you talk to your kids

My dad was a great man. Bit of a workaholic but this was because there were so many bills to pay. And three kids to help through college later.

The most difficult being myself...

being a generation apart your dad may seem some thirty light years away at times but he isn't. Once I felt a void between the two of us. Then dad died (also of bone cancer) in 1992. Now i see the gap between my own son and myself. Just like between my dad and I.

There is nothing wrong with this gap. Is the natural, generational divide.

[Lindsey]

8. I'm 52 y.o. now and my Dad was killled in a car wreck when I was

12. He was the best Dad in the world. I cry every Father's Day and think about what would have happened if he hadn't have died. The thing that gives me comfort is that I feel so lucky to have had him even though it was for a short time.

[driver8]

13. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I lost my father to cancer two years ago -- but I am 47 years old.

To lose your father tragically at such a young age is just not fair...

[In_The_Wind]

9. So do I.

His birthday would have been June 13.
I'm sorry I didn't have more time to get to know him.

Rest In Peace Dad

[Haole Girl]

10. Hugs for you

:hug: :hug:

[burrfoot]

11. Me too. Been 6 years, lost him when I

was 24.

Hang in there. Lots of us in this boat together, even though it feels like we each have our own little dingy :)

[Maine-ah]

15. funny you phrase it that way

The name of his boat was "C'est La Vie" and the name of the dinghy was "N'est Pa?"

[Faygo Kid]

12. I wish I could say I miss mine. Never got the chance.

Alcoholic who split when I was about 10. My only vivid memories are of him beating my mother and the police coming to the house. Frequently. Thank God for the neighbors. He would also come home drunk and try to beat down the locked bedroom door, while my brother, mother, dog and I cowered in bed. After he left he never paid a dime in child support.

Out of the blue he called me when I was 22. My brother and I went to see him. He was living in a men's home off his WWII pension. That was the only time I saw him, except for six months later when I got a call from the Wayne County morgue. They had found my phone number in his wallet. I had to go down and ID him on a slab. He had died suddenly of a heart attack at 50. We went to the men's home and gave away his clothes (he was clean, anyway). He had $22 in his wallet, and it was loaded with pictures of my brother and me when we were kids. Pathetic.

He was a brilliant guy; a designer at GM in the early '50s until he couldn't keep his job anymore. They tried to help him. Nobody could. Mom was a saint.

Anyway, I think I was a pretty good Dad to my daughter, who is in her 30s now. Got a nice e-card today. More than my Dad ever got.

Happy Father's Day.

[Maine-ah]

16. at least you broke the chain.

:hug:

[Swede]

14. Yeah,I miss my dad.

I hope I am as good a man as he was.