I do want to wish all of the Dad's out there a Happy Father's Day!!
But this blog is not to those Dad's...it to everyone who has a Dad who is still alive.
My wife's Dad passed away over 20 years ago and mine passed away over 10 years ago.
Oh, how we would like to talk with them and spend some time with them now that we are old enough and smart enough and mature enough to experience many of the feelings I believe they felt but their generation never shared.
I can count on one hand the number of times I remember my Dad saying he loved me...I know he did...but it just wasn't spoken. Hugs were not shared...not privately or publicly. Perhaps it was not manly to his generation.
And because he rarely said he loved me...I rarely reciprocated the words. I don't know why...perhaps the embarrassment I felt when he did not say it back.
The one time I actually remember him saying he loved me was the last time I saw him...it was time for us to get on the road for the 480 mile drive back to Colorado Springs from central nebraska...he was sitting under the pine tree, shucking corn...
I put my arm on his shoulder and said "I Love you Dad" he said "that's nice". Which is what he always said when I did tell him how I felt.
As I turned to walk away, he said "I love you too, Son".
We loaded the kids in the truck and as we drove off and waved and tooted the horn like I always did...the tears were welling into big drops in my eyes. It was the first time in 14 years my wife had heard him say it and she was so happy for me.
2 weeks later he died unexpectedly...
If Your Dad is Alive and You Love Him...Tell Him!!
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