Dad’s favorite place to be — on a boat.
I wasn’t going to write about this. That today is another anniversary of the semitruck crash that took our remaining parent.
Big brother
But today I seem to be blocked and unable to write about anything else.
One of my favorites of his childhood pictures.
And so I will mark the day so that I can move forward. Not move on, because that implies that I leave him behind, but forward.
Young man growing up to be a dad.
Today I am moving forward with him, and mom, always with me.
Merry Christmas you two.
Change Is Hard 
December 23, 2016 at 9:19 am
I think it’s good to tell the story. I know it’s good to look at the pictures and to remember the love that still flows among you, as real and eternal as the whole galaxy of stars.
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December 23, 2016 at 9:42 am
Your,parents were excellent people who instilled in you a love of travel and reading and music and cooking and a work ethic and compassion and, oh, so much more! May you feel their love forever! Watch birds today and your parents will wink at you!
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December 23, 2016 at 1:08 pm
that is beyond devastating…..simply tragic. I am so deeply, deeply sorry ((((hugs)))))
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December 23, 2016 at 1:17 pm
Bless you, Dawn.
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December 23, 2016 at 1:34 pm
There’s nothing at all wrong with you posting about what’s most in your heart. My sympathy again and again, Dawn.
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December 23, 2016 at 2:03 pm
Such a sad anniversary for you, Dawn. I lost my own dad on Dec. 31, 2008, but I, too, miss him as if it happened yesterday. I hope looking at the pictures and remembering the good times will cheer you (let me know if that helps, okay, because I haven’t found much that eases the hurt). Moving forward is good; forgetting never will happen. Hugs to you.
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December 24, 2016 at 2:30 am
My heart goes out to you. Thanks for stopping by to wish Faith, Tony and I merry Christmas. The same to you and yours … and may 2017 be wonderful.
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December 24, 2016 at 7:02 pm
May peace be with you and the ones you love. Dearly Departed Joe and I would have celebrated our anniversary on the 23rd. Moving forward is exactly right. Merry Christmas! ❤
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December 24, 2016 at 7:17 pm
Your posting about your father allows us to think of him on this day even though we did not know him. Such an awful loss- I am so sorry .
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December 27, 2016 at 9:08 pm
I believe it to be an honor to those we lost to always remember and celebrate their life and our memories.
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