I Miss My Dad
There are things in this life that we take for granted: sunny days, warm
cups of coffee, gentle voices raised in song, colourful bouquets of flowers.
One of the things I took for granted, Dad, was your presence in my life. I
had some leftover hugs for you, a few spare “I Love You’s”, and many more
dreams and joys to share. Being human, we disregard these things as day
leads on to day, and now, you’ve been taken from me. The time that I had
counted on for the two of us to spend together has slipped from my grasp. I
hope that these thoughts will find their way to you now by the grace of
angels. I hope that the memory of your strength, your character, will
empower me, that your spirit will find movement through me and that the
values I learned from you will become manifest in my own life. These hopes
are what support me now, as I stand to face you across that divine
threshold, and see you clearly for the very first time. There were lessons I
had yet to learn from you. You might have taught me not to take any of these
things for granted. Only in retrospect can we identify the watersheds of our
lifes, the events that shape us into who we are. Every moment that God sends
holds the potential to set us on a new life path. Such is the nature of
life. The present is only the sum total of the past, and it deserves every
bit of respect afforded to the posterity that supports it. And so, from now
until everlasting, I will see you in every garden patch, hear you in every
beautiful piece of music, and remember you with every cup of coffee enjoyed
on a warm day, with the sun shining down on me from your place in the sky. I
wish I had realized this a little sooner, but I take solace from the
knowledge that you continue to teach me life’s important lessons, even from
the beyond. Rest well.
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