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family: DAD'S WORKBENCH - My Most Memorable Person (Part 5/5) - 04/27/08 03:53 PM
"Let me show you a little trick."
Several days after we returned home to San Diego, I cleaned out my shaver. There was Dad's gray whiskers mixed with my own, and I remembered everything that we had talked about during that last week. I tried to think of what else I might have done or said. Happily, I could think of nothing.
Twenty-seven years have come and gone since Dad died. Some days, I miss him more than I can believe. But he's not really gone. Because of his knack for fixing and living, pieces of him are all … (0 comments)
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family: DAD'S WORKBENCH - My Most Memorable Person (Part 4) - 04/27/08 03:53 PM
"Let me show you a little trick."
That afternoon, I went alone to the hospital to tell my father that he had cancer. I made my way ever so slowly from the car through the lobby to the elevator and up to his room, all the while rehearsing dozens of ways to tell him. Each one was different, yet each the same -- unacceptable.When I arrived, he wanted to know how everyone else was doing and wanted to be sure that there wasn't any needless worry for him. I couldn't get around to telling him for over an hour, because … (0 comments)
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family: DAD'S WORKBENCH - My Most Memorable Person (Part 3) - 04/27/08 03:53 PM
"Let me show you a little trick."
A few hours after gluing it, I went back to the bench to retrieve my car, and dad told me the glue had to dry overnight. I inspected the job for myself. Looking at my car through the rubber bands and clamps, I determined that it was dry enough and ready to use. He gently took the toy from my hand, placed it next to his drying tie rack, and said, "If you take the time to do the job right the first time, you won't have to take the time to do … (0 comments)
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family: DAD'S WORKBENCH - My Most Memorable Person (Part 2) - 04/27/08 03:53 PM
"Let me show you a little trick."
There was always a large peg board over the back of the bench with a myriad of hooks and hangers, and Dad was very particular about the placement of the tools on the peg board. He never had to mark where each tool went, because the arrangement was the same in every house. Whenever I would use any of them for a project, I was very careful to return them both cleaned and to their proper location. Most of the time I did well. Sometimes I had better things to do."Dennis," he'd say … (0 comments)
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family: DAD'S WORKBENCH - My Most Memorable Person - 04/27/08 03:53 PM
It's been nearly 28 years since my father passed away -- rather quickly -- and completely unexpectedly. Sometime after he died, I went to my computer and began to write. Several people read what I wrote and suggested I submit it to READERS DIGEST.
I did and spent nearly 6 months working with one of their editors to polish this into something that would work in their MY MOST MEMORABLE PERSON series. I didn't make the cut to get into the magazine, but the process of remembering, reflecting, and working to find just the right words and phrases that would tell … (0 comments)
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family: THESE are the Good 'ol Days - 02/24/08 10:25 AM
Life was amazing and more fun than allowed by law for me and my wife during the "growing up" years (GUY). But it's been quite some time since I: ✓ attended a soccer game ✓ patched up a skinned knee ✓ explained a quadratic equation ✓ was the only dad on the field trip to the zoo ✓ played tag in the rain ✓ read THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD around the beach campfire ✓ couldn't wait for the kids bed time ✓ have been looked up to as the smartest man in the world ✓ gone to 7-11 just … (4 comments)
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