Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Good Morning
I hope everyone is having a wonderful morning. I can't believe that Thanksgiving is just two weeks away. Im having my family over for the holidays and I can't wait to be cooking in the kitchen and to smell the turkey. I love the smell of Thanksgiving and the sound of football in the background. My sister and my mother and I will be preparing the meal and my husband will be caring for the turkey. Theres nothing better than to have a house full of family and friends and to celebrate being together. Most of you already know that I lost my father in May of 2007. After losing my father I understand why people say that the holidays are the toughest. My father loved the holidays and he always enjoyed cooking the turkey and being with his family. I will miss the sound of his voice this holiday season. He would always call all of his children on thanksging and let us know that he was thankful for all of us and for our family. On this holiday I want the world to know that I am forever thankful for my father and everything that he has given to me and my family. Thanks dad for being the best father a daughter could ask for. I hope everyone this Thanksgiving lets the people in there lives know how thankful they are for each and everyone of them. Give thanks and love, because thats what life is all about. I hope everyone has a wonderful day and most of all I thank all of you for being wonderful friends and I give thanks to all of my family.
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I'm thankful for having such a wonderful wife that has shown me her unconditional love. Riley and I are lucky to have such an amazing woman in our lives.
Your father was a good man and I know he was proud of you and our family because he told us everytime we were together. Everyone should express their feelings the way Woody did. You always knew where you stood with him, and that is a great characteristic to have.
Thanks for the post!
I came across this wonderful poem - one of my favorites:
i carry your heart with me
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
ee cummings
Your story about your father really hit home for me. My dad's family presented a bible to me in 1988, and my father wrote "Very proud of my daughter for her 1st communion--it took months, not just one day. Remember that life is a struggle but if you try hard you will win." I was home for a family wedding two months ago and my brother brought the bible to me. I read this message again for the first time in 20 years; it is so profound at this point in my life. Today, the message reminds me how important it is to give it your best shot when you are failing, try again, don't give up, make it to the finish line. I am so sorry you lost your father and I can definitely see how different it might be without his presence. You are keeping him in your world by posting that story. I'm so glad you Facebooked this blog, keep reminding people you're here! We like coffee talk in New York!
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