[SweetSunshine]

A friend here at PC made a thread up like this a few years back for Mother's Day Orphans I believe. Being this is the first Father's Day for me of not having my dad around... I know others may need that safe place to come to remember their dads. If there was a song to describe my dad it would be

Daddy's Hands
by
Holly Dunn

I remember daddy's hands folded silently in prayer
and reaching out to hold me when I had a nightmare
you could read quite a story in the caluses and lines
years of work and worry had left their mark behind

I remember daddy's hands how they held my momma tight
and patted my back for something done right
there are things that i've forgotten that I loved about the man
but I'll always remember the love in daddy's hands

Daddy's hands were soft and kind when I was cryin
Daddy's hands were hard as steel when I'd done wrong
Daddy's hand weren't always gentle but I've come to understand
there was always love in daddy's hands

I remember daddy's hands working til they bled
sacrificed unselfishly just to keep us all fed
If I could do things over, I'd live my life again
and never take for granted the love in daddy's hands

Daddy's hands were soft and kind when I was cryin
Daddy's hands were hard as steel when I'd done wrong
Daddy's hand weren't always gentle but I've come to understand
there was always love in daddy's hands

[lynn P.]

I'm sorry you lost your dad recently ((SweetSunshine)). I lost my father when I was 2 - he died from stomach cancer. When I was a kid I used to feel sad and left out on Fathers day. My other 4 siblings have clear memories of him and they used to tell me he was a great dad. Thank you for starting this thread and that's a beautiful song.

[splitimage]

(((Sweetsunshine)))) I'm sorry you lost your Dad recently. But try and remember the good things about him, and the nice times you had with him - that's what I do on father's day and on his birthday, and the anniversary of his death. And I find it helps.

I was 22 when my Dad died, so I was old enough to have lots of good memories with him, not that they were all perfect. I just consider myself really lucky that the day he died. He and my stepmother were on their way home from a trip in the Bahamas and had a stoppover in Toronto on their way home. So I met them for breakfast in a restaurant out by the airport and got to give my Dad a big hug and tell him that I loved him. When he got home that day he wasn't feeling well and so went to bed early. then later that evening he got up to get a drink of water and dropped dead of a massive coronary. I'm forever grateful I had that one last visit with him.

--splitimage

My Dad died of a heart attack within minutes of returning home from seeing his cardiologist.

[AAAAA]

My thoughts and prayers are with you at this most difficult time. It's been several years for me, but random days are still difficult. The one thing I can count on is that his birthday, Father's Day, Memorial Day, and Christmas will all be difficult days.