I Miss My Dad

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Dads are so very special. My dad, like all of yours falls into that category. He passed away 10 years ago. I think of him often and I do pray not only to my heavenly father, but my earthly father in heaven.

My dad was a pilot in WWII. He died without even knowing that my oldest daughter is also a pilot. She follwed in his footsteps without his knowing it. However, I pray the he is an extra angel in the sky for her. She completed one deployment in the Middle East last year, and she will return for her second one sometime in the Fall. I know my dad will be watching over her again.
 
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KCT:
My dad has treatable, though not curable, lung cancer. Who knows how many Father’s Days he has left. He, too, sat patiently through some of my kids ball games and tae kwon do testings! My youngest dd and I were just in upstate NY to visit my folks. I went along to my dad’s chemo appointment and met his Dr. and nurses. They’re all very nice. Prayers for those of you who have lost your dads. —KCT
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Prayers for your dad going up KCT!!!
 
ridesawhitehors said:
**Gianna, **
**My dad was my special buddy. I miss him so, and I know what you mean about him “being there”. I pray to my Dad often, and I feel like he is still my special friend, helping me through this life. **
**One funny thing. One day about a year ago I was in church praying before Mass when I heard what I immediatly and destinctly identified as my own Dad’s ‘cough’. It was his signature coughing, throat clearing. It sent shivers up my spine and my head whipped around to find who made my Dads exact coughing sound!!:eek: It was an old gentlemen about mid 70’s. **
Now he is always there on Sunday morning or Saturday evening ~ and while I am praying or waiting for Mass to begin, I always hear that cough, and I think of my Dad and smile. 🙂
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What a sweet story. I’ll bet somehow your Dad found a way to bring you this comfort.
 
Oh, reading all of your responses brought tears to my eyes! My Dad was such a sweet, quiet and gentle soul. He was named Frank, and like St. Francis, animals and kids just flocked to him. He always was kind and gentle, and had a wicked sense of humor. His world unraveled the day Mom died. I think he also had the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s by then because in the few years before Mom died she would say he is getting so absent-minded. When she left this world, he really started to lose his memory and started to show all the signs of Alzheimer’s, back in the late 80’s, early 90’s. It was heartbreaking trying to get him the care he needed without putting him in an Alzheimer’s Unit. We did have to eventually. After nearly a decade of watching him leave us, bit by bit, God called him home in June of 1998 when he was 85, and we buried him on Father’s Day weekend. I was sad but relieved at the same time. We already had the long goodbye, and I am sure he is at peace now. I still miss him so, though.
 
My heart goes out to all of you who has lost your fathers. My Daddy, Harvey, just turned 69, but back in April we had a scare. He had Melanoma, but thanks be to God, the doctors caught it in time. He is very kind, gentle, and tall and has always seemed fearless to me. When I want to fall to pieces, he and my Mama are symbols of stability. Even with the Melanoma, when things were still uncertain, he didn’t let on that he was actually a little scared. Oh, how I love him!
 
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Giannawannabe:
With the approach of Father’s Day, does anyone especially miss their Dads?
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My dad is alive but I miss my mother terribly and everytime something in my life happens and I want to call her I have a terrible time. But I know my mother always listens in heaven to me and I am thankful for that.
 
I also miss my grandpa, he passeed away 5 years ago. He used to call me girl all the time I miss that terribly. I feel bad cuz I didn’t get to go to his funeral. Everytime I go to visit my grandma its just emtness inside of me cuz he is not there to call me girl. Man I miss him dearly. He was the only person who would call me girl and give me a hug everyone else calls me by my real name. But he would just call me girl:crying: 😦 :crying:
 
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Awwwww…I miss my grandpa too. He died 23 years ago. It was a week after my 18th birthday. The last time I saw him was at my High School graduation. He was just the best grandpa ever. He made every one of us grandkids feel like we were his favorite. After he died, everything seemed a little less fun.:crying:
 
Awww, I’m sorry to hear that, My grandpa was a huge part of my life
 
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