I lost my Dad

[Ronzi]

Sincerest condolences for your loss grizzly. It comes to all of us in time, but that doesn't make it any easier.
Right on, blinkwatt. Our only immortality is through our children.

[joshuaalbert]

I'm very sorry for your loss.

I highly recommend the book "Wisdom of Our Fathers" by Tim Russert. It's a great book with anecdotal stories written by everyday sons and daughters. I like to think of myself as a "man's man", but having a box of kleenex at my side was a must when I sat down to read (DON'T TELL MY WIFE). Great stories and valuable life lessons.

Again, I'm very sorry.

[RandallNeighbour]

Grizzly, thanks for posting about losing your dad. It gives all the rest of us an opportunity to mourn with you, and remember our own fathers, alive or gone. I'll be praying for you and your family in the next few days as arrangements are made and the funeral takes place.

And just so my wife doesn't say "who's Grizzly?" when we pray for you, would you post your first name?

May God's peace rest on you.

[Rail26]

Godspeed to your father Griz. This too shall pass....

[longislander1]

Really sorry to hear about your loss. I lost my Dad early last year. Time has helped to heal a lot of the pain, and now I think of all the good things about him every day. I hope the same will happen for you.

[RevDice]

Grizzly... I lost my Dad at 42 (I was 24). Not a day goes by that I don't think of him. The tattoo on my arm honors him.

He's never truly gone if someone is alive to remember, love, honor and respect his legacy. He's a part of you.

The pain is unbearable... I hope you can find some peace brutha.

My condolences.

[chiefsalami]

I'm so sorry to hear of this. My condolences to you and your family. From the words you have written, your father was a special man to you. Godspeed to him, and although you will never get over this, time will heal and you will remember the legacy he started.

[Brucelee]

My condelences. I don't think we ever get over losing our Dads or Moms. Hang in there, he would want that!

[insite]

I am so sorry to hear that. A good friend of mine lost his father some years ago, and a good friend of his sent this; he really liked it:

The Glad Shout

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, "There she goes!"

Gone where? Gone from my sight ... that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, "There she goes!" there are other eyes watching her coming and their voices ready to take up the glad shouts "Here she comes!"

Henry Van Dyke
A Parable of Immortality

All the best to you and yours; you are in our prayers.

[bigislandboxster]

I am sorry to hear of your loss, its times like these one must stick with family and remember that all will be well in due time. So hard to figure out why sometimes.....My heart goes out to you and your family in this emotional time. Hang in there bud.....