This an easy assignment for me. I'm thankful for my family; but there has been someone missing at the table the last three years--my Dad.
While growing up, there was only one Thanksgiving we had spent apart, and that was when we had to over extend one of our summer vacations in the Azores. My father had to go back to the states and work. My family in the Azores always threw a Thanksgiving dinner in November, and my uncle got a frozen turkey from the U.S. Airforce Base (he worked there) and we had a big ole' Thanksgiving dinner. It was nice, but it wasn't the same without my father. Later for Christmas he sent us Christmas cards with money along with a little personal note. I treasure this card because it was the first time, and last time my father actually sent me one---he never had a reason to before because we never were apart. Although he wasn't what you call overly affectionate towards his kids, he demonstrated his love for us other ways. Although this card was a bit out of character for him, I understood it, and it touched me back then when I was 15, and it still does today.
Thank you Daddy for always being there...I'm forever grateful.
Extra Credit: Pecan or Pumpkin Pie? I like them both, but I will have to say Pumpkin!
4 comments:
Glad to see you chose well. We pumpkin pie people will move against the pecan pie people on November 22nd, and we'll wipe their too-sweet taste buds right out of American culinary planning.
To Victory!
Very touching entry Julie.
Hugs,
Tilly x
Julie, In time you will learn to except the lack of your fathers physical presence more and except his presence in you and the people around you. My dad's been gone for 30 years and he's still with me, just in a different way. Have a nice holiday.
After 27 years, I still miss my father, especially during the holidays. It does get easier, but the longing for that person you love never really goes away. I guess we just learn to live with it. Tina http://journals.aol.com/onemoretina/Ridealongwithme
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