Well it is that time of the year for our annual summer family reunion with my Mom's side of the family. Last year Dad was there and still in the middle of Chemo. He was taking care of everything and everyone as always.
This year it quite different. I am preparing to take my Mom and the kids with me. I am planning the meals, doing the shopping, packing the trailer (of course my sweet hubby is helping) and putting it all together for the whole crew.
We are doing dutch-oven cooking in memory of my Dad who loved it... and his favorite was his famous jumbleberry cobbler which is a must... DAD MUST LIVE ON!!!
Wish me luck putting it all together... there will be pictures uploaded to facebook and possibly the blog after the event!
Miss you Dad!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Happy Father's Day... Dad!
Dad -
I just wanted to say Happy Father's Day... it's our first one without you here! It hardly seems fair to have a holiday to celebrate Dad's when you are no longer around. I know it's not all about me,but somedays I feel like it should be! (I know you taught me better than that.)
I heard your voice on my voicemail the other day... and it made me smile. I wish that I could call you back...
I have had both you and Deven's Dad on my mind alot this week. The time seems so short since both of you have been gone... Have you seen Deven's Dad?
I want you to know that you are an AMAZING Dad and I feel so fortunate to have been able to spend 35 years with you!
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!! I LOVE YOU!
Amy
"Thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, with which I'll never part. God has you in His keeping, I have you in my heart."
I just wanted to say Happy Father's Day... it's our first one without you here! It hardly seems fair to have a holiday to celebrate Dad's when you are no longer around. I know it's not all about me,but somedays I feel like it should be! (I know you taught me better than that.)
I heard your voice on my voicemail the other day... and it made me smile. I wish that I could call you back...
I have had both you and Deven's Dad on my mind alot this week. The time seems so short since both of you have been gone... Have you seen Deven's Dad?
I want you to know that you are an AMAZING Dad and I feel so fortunate to have been able to spend 35 years with you!
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!! I LOVE YOU!
Amy
"Thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, with which I'll never part. God has you in His keeping, I have you in my heart."
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
How I became Dorky Dora...
Well as a child I must say that highlight of my day was my parents reading to me at night. I recall that most often I would ask for my Dad to read to me... mostly because he did the funny voices. We had these Sesame Street Encyclopedias... they were some of my favorites because of the funny stories. I fell in love with a particular story about the "Dorky Daughter Dora and the Duke of Dundee"... it was full of nothing but the letter D... Dad and I would laugh for hours. He started calling me his Dorky Daughter Dora... and it just stuck.
Here is the story for your entertainment:
Dozens of years ago. In a drafty castle. Duke David of Dundee did dwell. Duke David was dumpy but dignified. And he had a darling daughter named Dora who was a delight.
One day Dora danced through the door in the dear little dress decorated with Daffodils. "Doodley-doo, doodley-doo", Dora sang, as she danced. "Oh, hello, dear, dumpy daddy", said Dora to Duke David of Dundee.
"Dora, my darling, dimpled daughter", said Duke David. "You are indeed delightful, so I have a dandy present for you."
"Do tell," said Dora. "Do describe this doo-dad, daddy".
"It is a dazzling Diamond D dangling from a chain!" So,hanging the D around Dora's dimpled neck, Duke David of Dundee departed through the door.
Although Dora and Duke David didn't know it, someone else dwelt in the castle. This someone was Donald, the Dreadful Dragon of Dundee.
"I am Donald, the Dreadful Dragon of Dundee. I live in a dungeon downstairs in Duke David's dwelling. It is a deep dungeon, a dark dungeon - a deep, dark, damp, dank, dreary dungeon. It is a dump!"
Donald used dozens of D words - which was the only nice thing you could say about him. Otherwise he was a dud.
Donald the Dragon dashed from his dungeon, directly to Duke David's dandy daisy patch. "I am dashing from my dungeon to steal the Diamond D that Duke David gave his daughter Dora," he said.
Donald, the doer of dark deeds, drifted into the daisy patch. Dora, daughter of duke David, saw the dreadful dragon and dropped a drooping daisy from her dainty dimpled hand. She danced directly up to Donald the Dragon and declared, "Well, look who's here - a dear doggie! Hi there, doggie."
Donald disbelieved his droopy ears. "Doggie?" he screamed. "Did you say doggie?"
"Definitely," said Dora.
"Well, I do declare!" said Donald. "If Dora, the dignified Duke David's daughter thinks that I, Donald the Dreadful Dragon of Dundee, am a doggie, then Dora is dumb!"
"But you're the dearest doggie I've ever seen," Dora declared. "Do come and dwell in our castle, doggie dear, and I'll give you this Diamond D which my doting daddy draped around my dimpled neck."
"Don't doggie me!" Donald roared, darting toward Dora, determined to grab the Diamond D.
Suddenly, Duke David dashed into the daisy patch. Diving between darling Dora and Dreadful Donald, the Duke drove Donald around and around the daisy patch. The dismal dragon ducked, dodged, darted and dashed through the ducklings and the daisies until the Duke dumped him into the duck pond.
"Daddy dear," said Dora, "why did you do that?"
"Because that dreadful, dishonest dragon was determined to steal the dazzling Diamond D from around your dainty, dimpled neck," said the Duke.
"Dragon?" said Dora. "I'll be darned! He looked like a doggie to me."
"You're dorky but you're adorable, Dora," said Duke David, "so here's what we'll do. From this day on this dreadful dragon will dwell in a dog house, dine on dog biscuits, and do doggie tricks to delight my divine daughter Dora - or else!"
"Or else what?" Donald demanded.
"I'll dump you in the duck pond again!"
"Bow-wow," said Donald. "I'm a doggie."
And so David, Duke of Dundee, and his delightful daughter Dora lived happily ever after with Donald the Doggie, who used to be a dreadful dragon.
Wow... a walk down memory lane! Love you Dad for all the great memories you created with me!
Here is the story for your entertainment:
Dozens of years ago. In a drafty castle. Duke David of Dundee did dwell. Duke David was dumpy but dignified. And he had a darling daughter named Dora who was a delight.
One day Dora danced through the door in the dear little dress decorated with Daffodils. "Doodley-doo, doodley-doo", Dora sang, as she danced. "Oh, hello, dear, dumpy daddy", said Dora to Duke David of Dundee.
"Dora, my darling, dimpled daughter", said Duke David. "You are indeed delightful, so I have a dandy present for you."
"Do tell," said Dora. "Do describe this doo-dad, daddy".
"It is a dazzling Diamond D dangling from a chain!" So,hanging the D around Dora's dimpled neck, Duke David of Dundee departed through the door.
Although Dora and Duke David didn't know it, someone else dwelt in the castle. This someone was Donald, the Dreadful Dragon of Dundee.
"I am Donald, the Dreadful Dragon of Dundee. I live in a dungeon downstairs in Duke David's dwelling. It is a deep dungeon, a dark dungeon - a deep, dark, damp, dank, dreary dungeon. It is a dump!"
Donald used dozens of D words - which was the only nice thing you could say about him. Otherwise he was a dud.
Donald the Dragon dashed from his dungeon, directly to Duke David's dandy daisy patch. "I am dashing from my dungeon to steal the Diamond D that Duke David gave his daughter Dora," he said.
Donald, the doer of dark deeds, drifted into the daisy patch. Dora, daughter of duke David, saw the dreadful dragon and dropped a drooping daisy from her dainty dimpled hand. She danced directly up to Donald the Dragon and declared, "Well, look who's here - a dear doggie! Hi there, doggie."
Donald disbelieved his droopy ears. "Doggie?" he screamed. "Did you say doggie?"
"Definitely," said Dora.
"Well, I do declare!" said Donald. "If Dora, the dignified Duke David's daughter thinks that I, Donald the Dreadful Dragon of Dundee, am a doggie, then Dora is dumb!"
"But you're the dearest doggie I've ever seen," Dora declared. "Do come and dwell in our castle, doggie dear, and I'll give you this Diamond D which my doting daddy draped around my dimpled neck."
"Don't doggie me!" Donald roared, darting toward Dora, determined to grab the Diamond D.
Suddenly, Duke David dashed into the daisy patch. Diving between darling Dora and Dreadful Donald, the Duke drove Donald around and around the daisy patch. The dismal dragon ducked, dodged, darted and dashed through the ducklings and the daisies until the Duke dumped him into the duck pond.
"Daddy dear," said Dora, "why did you do that?"
"Because that dreadful, dishonest dragon was determined to steal the dazzling Diamond D from around your dainty, dimpled neck," said the Duke.
"Dragon?" said Dora. "I'll be darned! He looked like a doggie to me."
"You're dorky but you're adorable, Dora," said Duke David, "so here's what we'll do. From this day on this dreadful dragon will dwell in a dog house, dine on dog biscuits, and do doggie tricks to delight my divine daughter Dora - or else!"
"Or else what?" Donald demanded.
"I'll dump you in the duck pond again!"
"Bow-wow," said Donald. "I'm a doggie."
And so David, Duke of Dundee, and his delightful daughter Dora lived happily ever after with Donald the Doggie, who used to be a dreadful dragon.
Wow... a walk down memory lane! Love you Dad for all the great memories you created with me!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Missing you today...
Dad -
I woke up this morning with that empty feeling again. I kept thinking to myself if I could just have one more hug... but I am afraid all that would do is leaving me wanting for one more after that.
I know they say you are in heaven watching over us... but I just wish I could see you, talk to you and just have you back without the physical issues you had here on earth.
A day doesn't go by when I don't think of you... but somedays for some reason are harder than others.
I hope that where ever you are... you never forget how much a part of me you were... and still are. I knew this separation would be hard, but by far it is the hardest thing I have ever had to endure... I am sure this hasn't been easy on you either.
Jessi graduated from highschool last week and turned 18 this week. I remember how much you wanted to be there for both. She is an amazing young woman and I know you are proud of her.
Mom seems to be hanging in, but I just don't know how to truly comfort her. I am doing my best to keep my promise to you to take care of her.
Wendy planted a vegetable garden in your memory this year... I think she thinks of you every time she is out there in it.
I am trying to stay strong... but today I couldn't help but cry!
I love you so much,
Amy
I woke up this morning with that empty feeling again. I kept thinking to myself if I could just have one more hug... but I am afraid all that would do is leaving me wanting for one more after that.
I know they say you are in heaven watching over us... but I just wish I could see you, talk to you and just have you back without the physical issues you had here on earth.
A day doesn't go by when I don't think of you... but somedays for some reason are harder than others.
I hope that where ever you are... you never forget how much a part of me you were... and still are. I knew this separation would be hard, but by far it is the hardest thing I have ever had to endure... I am sure this hasn't been easy on you either.
Jessi graduated from highschool last week and turned 18 this week. I remember how much you wanted to be there for both. She is an amazing young woman and I know you are proud of her.
Mom seems to be hanging in, but I just don't know how to truly comfort her. I am doing my best to keep my promise to you to take care of her.
Wendy planted a vegetable garden in your memory this year... I think she thinks of you every time she is out there in it.
I am trying to stay strong... but today I couldn't help but cry!
I love you so much,
Amy
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