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Message: [QUOTE="Flacusian, post: 1929693, member: 264"] Pearl, my heartfelt condolences for your loss. My father passed away in February of 1995, 2 years after I moved to Florida from Connecticut. He was my hero and all of the good characteristics and traits that I have are a result of my father mentoring me, mostly by example. After 21 years a day never goes by that I don't think about him and miss him. Sometimes when I'm riding around in by Expedition during the workday I act like I'm dusting off the passenger seat and then I talk out loud as though I'm having a conversation with him. I am a grandfather now and my 33 year old son who has 2 boys also displays the traits and characteristics that we both got from my dad. It is a tribute to the great fathering that my dad set the standard for and it sounds as if you will be enabling your father to live on in your life by cherishing and keeping in mind the things that made him special to you. When ever I'm faced with challenging situations I always think " What would Dad advise me to do or how would he handle this". I take great comfort in knowing that I have the honor of keeping his memory vitally alive and at work in my life and the lives of those close to me. Know that when you are at that game in Madison... he is with you, absolutely and without even a shadow of a doubt. As you may know I recently lost my 28 year old son, suddenly and unexpectedly. These things tend to make us reassess what is important in our lives and the passing of your father will be accompanied by a wide variety of emotions, highs a lows. I'll be thinking of you in the next couple days and most assuredly when that game is going on in Madison... with both you and your father in attendance. [/QUOTE]

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