Top 10: “Thank you, Dad”
This is my favorite pic of you, Dad. It encapsulates so much for me. Dad, so many thoughts keep going through my mind since you passed on nearly two days ago. I am sure much will settle out and become clear in the coming days and months—or maybe I’ll get swept up in life’s busyness once again, so better not put it off. Grief sometimes brings clarity so let me set down what comes to mind when I think about how blessed I am (still not ready to switch over to past tense) to have you as my dad. Through the years, I would make feeble attempts at this via Father’s Day and birthday cards. You would go out of your way to thank me for my words during our weekly Saturday morning phone calls. This is where some sadness creeps in. During the last decade damned if politics and my changing views sometimes made it hard for us to find that spark of connection. But we continued to love each other, though I know we both felt it. Yes, I spoke verbal thank you’s, but my words felt so small, ti...
