A year ago tonight my Father passed away.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

And I'd just like to thank you all again for the love and strength you gave my family and I during a very tough time.

I still have the threads, and every time I look at them, my heart is filled with your warmth and kindness all over again.

I love you all.




Mods, I'm also posting this in the Lounge.

[babylonsister]

1. Wow, SCE, I remember that. Time flies.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

2. Indeed sis.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. One year out ....

[SalmonChantedEvening]

4. Always Stinky

always.

[malaise]

5. Damn it's been a year already

Love you back. I hope you're filled with beautiful memories as the pain eases from day to day.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

7. I have malaise.

And DU is one of them. Y'all made those days possible to bear.

[Rick Myers]

6. It's tough...

So many dates become important... Lost my dad just over a year ago...

All good karma to you...

Rick

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. And to you Rick.

Bless your Dad's memory.

[bigwillq]

9. Best wishes to you and your family.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. Thank you bigwillq

[Pool Hall Ace]

10. The grief never goes away

but it recedes like a tide and is replaced by warm, happy memories.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. That is so true Pool Hall Ace

The moments come to you and form a tapestry of memory. A warm one

[rubberducky]

15. I find so much comfort by "walking backwards in my mind".

I can reach back to encouraging words, and "feel" the warmth of a gentle touch. Thank the dear lord for memories of all the love that we have felt in our lives. Yes, even our fur babies.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

22. I see him in almost every place I go.

I do deliveries in the sections of Philly where he grew up, worked, and where we went to church as kids.

And according to my family, there is much of him in the mirror when I look there as well.

[rubberducky]

29. Your sweet memories keep him alive in your mind.

I feel so sure that you will pass on your wonderful memories to your little 1-year-old.

[w8liftinglady]

13. Hugs and thoughts...

my dad's birthday's next week-the first since he died.Think of good times,and feel his loving hand on your shoulder.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

16. I'm sure it'll be there darlin'.

Thank you

[Dappleganger]

14. Big hugs to you!

A year ago last month my mother passed away at 66 from a massive stroke. It's been one hell of a ride but am finally seeing a little sunshine.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. And to you Dappleganger

It takes a while for all the emotions to make sense and fall into place.

Glad there's sunshine for you now.

[11 Bravo]

17. I remember that, Salmon.

I had a similar experience when my Dad passed one year ago this last June 25th, and DU was there for me as well. Try and remember the good times, it sometimes helps me ... a little bit.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

21. It does help my friend.

DU is simply overflowing with great souls.

Thinking of you and your Dad tonight...

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Best wishes there

hugs

[SalmonChantedEvening]

23. Thank you nadinbrzezinski :)

[blogslut]

20. Hugs

Losing a parent is damned hard. The comfort comes when we realize that they never really leave us.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

25. And he hasn't sweetie.

Thank you blogslut, you're a luv.

[spanone]

24. .....

[SalmonChantedEvening]

26. Thank you spanone :)

[DainBramaged]

27. We love you lots my friend, lots

[SalmonChantedEvening]

28. hugscanhaz plz :)

Thank you DB, love lots get and sends kthnx

[H2O Man]

30. Peace to you

and yours.

The loss of a parent is a difficult thing. Even a year later, there is a mixture of emotions .... the pain of separation, and the strength of good memories. As human beings, we experience both.

There will still be times that when something good happens, that you will find yourself wishing you could share a conversation with your Dad. In those times, you will feel his strength. And he, yours.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

32. Many thanks my friend

He's always close by, in songs I hear, in images I see, and in hearing in my mind how he'd react to things.

We've had those conversations. We still talk in our own way.

[pipi_k]

31. My thoughts go out to you on this sad anniversary...

I have a psychologist friend who says that it can take up to two years to fully grieve the death of a loved one.

Sometimes I think the process of grief is never truly completed, though.


Next month will be seven years since my dad passed away. At times I still find it hard to believe he's gone.


The pain never really goes away...it just dulls a little and doesn't feel so much like a knife to the heart after a while.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

33. There was a moment some weeks ago pipi_k

I was watching TV and a scene came on where 2 doctors were taking turns performing CPR on an elderly mn. It took me right back to that nigh a year ago, the paramedics working on Dad until they realized there was nothing else that could be done.

I cried like I haven't cried in a long, long time. I'm sure those moments will come to me for as long as I live. I'm glad they happen. It means he's still loved and missed.

[Obamanaut]

34. Isn't it just the neatest thing how so many strangers can say the

sweetest things, just when you need them most.

I'm sorry for your loss.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

35. The kindness of DUers will be with me always

I can honestly say I would not have been as strong as I was during that time without their support.

[DainBramaged]

36. Hugs, we don't forget even after the day has passed.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

39. My friend

We hold our memories fond and dear, without them we give away pieces of ourselves.

[Swamp Rat]

37. .

[SalmonChantedEvening]

38. Holmes