An open letter to my Dad

**PA DETAILER** · 12-09-2021, 01:18 PM

Very sorry for your loss.

**dgage** · 12-09-2021, 01:19 PM

Condolences and thank you for sharing your thoughts and story.

We're getting to that age where I know I could lose my dad at any time though luckily his health seems decent. I am also looking for things for us to do together, he used to do some detailing but he can't really any more. We're both former Army and so I recently purchased a precision rifle to do some long range sport shooting and I hope I can coerce him to come out with me. Whatever I can come up with for us to do, I will because I know the time will be over before I know it. Thank you for that important reminder!

**fly07sti** · 12-09-2021, 03:07 PM

My condolences to you and your Family. Your letter resonates a lot with me and my father. He had 3 kids as do I. It wasn’t until I stared having kids that I understood how much effort it took to be a provider and still balance being a good father. It’s been almost 4 years since he passed and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss him and wish he was enjoying his grandkids. Funny enough though, my son (who is almost2) is the spitting image of him, so it’s kind of like I get to see him everyday in my little boy.

**Don M** · 12-09-2021, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by 2black1s

I was with him at his bedside the moment he passed and I am forever grateful for that.

So was I, and for now at least it haunts me. I'm glad I was there with my mom and my youngest brother, so he wasn't alone. But it was so surreal, one minute he was breathing and an instant later he was gone. My faith tells me that he is whole and well now and I will see him again, but my youngest brother, God bless him said: "I wish my faith was strong enough to believe I'll see him again." He's the one I worry about.

**PaulMys** · 12-09-2021, 05:32 PM

Sorry to hear that, Don.

That was a very, very nice write up for him.

I lost my father back in 1999, and there is never a day that goes by that I don't think of him in some way.

I'm sure the 'Vette is going to be SWEET when it's all done. And that will be an awesome tribute to him.

**Sizzle Chest** · 12-10-2021, 12:19 AM

I am so sorry for your loss...thoughts out to you, your family and friends. Great pictures with your Dad! Glad you got them taken in the nick of time! You will always remember that day and the perfect timing before the blizzard!

**waterman** · 12-10-2021, 12:52 AM

Hello,

I’m sorry about your father. I’m going through something similar with my father. I’m cherishing every second with him.

Lou

**Coatingsarecrack** · 12-10-2021, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by Don M

So was I, and for now at least it haunts me. I'm glad I was there with my mom and my youngest brother, so he wasn't alone. But it was so surreal, one minute he was breathing and an instant later he was gone. My faith tells me that he is whole and well now and I will see him again, but my youngest brother, God bless him said: "I wish my faith was strong enough to believe I'll see him again." He's the one I worry about.

You seem a good man and the way you speak of him so was your father. I’m sure he will when your brother needs him, give him a sign that he’s still there.

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