tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post7988133596148836844..comments2024-03-28T15:05:38.792-04:00Comments on Shipslog: Your timejack69http://www.blogger.com/profile/12884137603402812926noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-13361087446059686032011-08-22T19:09:14.387-04:002011-08-22T19:09:14.387-04:00Jack, I was in Indiana doing missions services whe...Jack, I was in Indiana doing missions services when I got the call that Dad was dying. Like you, I didn't make it before he passed through to Heaven. Pain. But joy in knowing that we shall meet again. I've remembered often when our grandchildren reached 18-20 years of age and were about to make a crisis decision "Well...when I was their age I was wearing a .45, carrying and M1, and protecting this country." It's hard to believe it when you are our age, so must have been hard for our Daddys to let us grow up too.Fred Altonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740055638280779519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-11188691976261046772011-08-21T17:00:56.669-04:002011-08-21T17:00:56.669-04:00Thank you for sharing that heartfelt story about y...Thank you for sharing that heartfelt story about your Dad. I know he must have been very proud of you. Sad you didn't get the opportunity to say your goodbyes. <br /><br />I adore you and we never met, so your Dad surely loved you dearly.<br /><br />Hugs, RoseRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718940729278446028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-29108081669328160402011-08-21T12:04:51.702-04:002011-08-21T12:04:51.702-04:00That is hard, to be so close but to not have made ...That is hard, to be so close but to not have made it. I was lucky to have visited my Dad two weeks before he passed suddenly. That was in 1990.Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-86659135096293480672011-08-21T00:18:53.429-04:002011-08-21T00:18:53.429-04:00We all have our time and there is certainly a time...We all have our time and there is certainly a time and place for everything they say under heaven. We try to the best with what time we have and even though it seems we failed sometimes, I think that there are for reasons that we may never know. So for your time, your dad's time, our families time and my time..I am thankful.I'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-89429488297077506082011-08-20T23:55:27.367-04:002011-08-20T23:55:27.367-04:00Dad was very proud of you. I would hear all the ti...Dad was very proud of you. I would hear all the time from Mother and Dad "That boy can do anything" he just wanted both us to be dependant on him and make him feel like we still needed him. Remember we are not suppose to be smarted than our parents. He was a stickler on tire's and oil changing. We were the last ones left at home. Kat was married and both older boys in the Navy. I just always wondered how they put up with us as teenagers because they were older parents. We do have good memories. We had wonderful Parents and I Thank God.<br /><br />Shirlshirl72https://www.blogger.com/profile/17268124369207064149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-85883964881888799432011-08-20T22:54:45.338-04:002011-08-20T22:54:45.338-04:00Interesting story of your life. Glad you felt you ...Interesting story of your life. Glad you felt you could share it with us. Congrats on the coming baby for Sherry of course, you're too young. I bet when it gets here you're going to be the first to claim it.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007728342316668058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-71295561136431508902011-08-20T21:13:17.654-04:002011-08-20T21:13:17.654-04:00What a sad story that you weren't able to make...What a sad story that you weren't able to make it in home in time to say goodbye to your dad. I'm glad you made peace with the way it turned out. I bet he was very proud of all you had become. Great grandparents, wow, that is exciting. ENJOY! When I had grandchildren I wanted to be called GRAMMY, but the little ones insisted on GRANDMA, instead. Oh well...TARYTERREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620999913159718018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-69093477477437212772011-08-20T17:46:06.670-04:002011-08-20T17:46:06.670-04:00I am so sorry that you didn't make it home in ...I am so sorry that you didn't make it home in time to say goodbye to your dad. <br />It had been about 2 weeks since I last saw my dad. I still remember how his arms were outstretched to give me a goodby hug. So in a way I suppose I did get a goodbye hug, just a little early. Just like a dad to buy his daughter a new set of tires when she needed them. We have done that before also. <br />My dad makes me think of in that he loved cars. Knew how to work on them too. <br />Sherece is a beautiful woman. HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10157512726495946384noreply@blogger.com