Today is a bitter-sweet day for me...it would have been my Dad's 56th birthday! It's been twenty years since I have celebrated a birthday with him...and twenty years later it still hurts. I would have had him over for dinner and cake and loved shopping for the perfect gift for him. The kids would have made him something with color scribbles all over that only a Grandpa would cherish. I would watch him get on the floor and play with the boys while they squealed in delight. He would have held Kyla the entire evening, never wanting to put her down. I would sit and talk to him (oh to hear his voice again) and give him the biggest hug ever...that is a moment in Heaven that I constantly think about...the chance to wrap my arms around my dad again! Okay, enough tears...now for a trip down memory lane...
So do you think Kyla looks like me? Poor girl got my dumbo ears.
Relaxing on the couch...good times!
Performing! I loved preforming for my parents. I was three years old here and I would go into the bathroom and come up with a routine and come out and show off my "skills". Like the wiener stick and cool whip bowl for my props...gotta love the imagination at work:)
My dad was a carpenter and I loved being his helper. My mom saved a scrapbook of some special things through elementary school. I came across this letter I wrote when I was 9 years old (2 years before he died) about my dad...excuse the grammar:)
My Dad!
My dad is 33. He is a carpenter. He has a beard and a mustache. He is great. He is making us our rooms. Lee has a room. Megan has a room. I have a room and my mom and dad have a room. My dad is a nice person. He helps one another. He loves me and Lee and Megan and Mom, and I love him too. He's my hunk!
My dad was great! I only have memories of him through a child's eyes, but they are memories I will treasure forever. He was so funny and could always make us laugh. Strict, but also very loving. He was a giving servant and was always the first person to help someone out. He loved working with wood and he was so talented! He loved God...and my parents taught and raised me to do the same...and for that I am eternally grateful! And you know what...even twenty years later...even at 31 years old...he would still be my hunk:)
8 comments:
Oh the tears! I have never heard you talk about your dad. this was so sweet Nat...he sounds like a great man. Praying for you today!
Thank you so much for sharing! Miss you wish I could give you a hug.
Oh Sweets....It sounds like he was a great dad!!!
Big Hugs to you today, my friend!
Oh, you just made me cry. What beautiful memories you have of your dad Nat! Thinking of you, as I'm sure it's never easy on his birthday (or any day). I am SURE the reunion you will have in heaven one day will be AMAZING :)
Oh, Nat, I remember his passing like it was yesterday, even the call soon after in the middle of the night when your mom called to say you needed me over there with you, as it was all sinking in. Your dad was a very special man, and I have NO doubt that he's smiling from Heaven at the wonderful woman, wife, and mommy that you are today! Hold those memories close to your heart forever! Thanks for sharing with us. Sending you love & hugs as you wait for the grand reunion!
Thanks for sharing Nat. You have so many memories that I don't since I was so young. We need to have a sharing time and you can tell me everything you remember! Can't wait to be with you in a few days! Love you!
OH.. tears, Nat! I've not heard a lot of these things about your dad so it's so cool to hear the memories that you have. I didn't know his birthday would have been yesterday.. I woulda gave you a hug.
oh nat....i am sitting here with my dad for christmas reading your blog. i am crying and smiling at the same time. my heart hurts horribly for you. i remember talking about him one night when we were roomies and crying and i do the same now. the smile is because you have reminded me what i have to be thankful for. watching my dad hold olie, knowing i am blessed to still have him. many of my friends have lost a parent and you have reminded me to be thankful and to not take it for granted. also, your parents did an exceptional job raising you. you have turned out to be such a wonderful woman that i love so much. i am also thankful for ron after reading this, because i know he has blessed your heart through the years and loved you as his own. what a blessing after something so hard. i love you nat and i am proud of who you are. your daddy would be too!
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