Another sign that the time God gives in always precious and rarely appreciated
T minus 3 days, 20 hours and 45 minutes until Blair and Julie tie the knot. Today, Julie's dad, Rick, Casey and I were loading all of Blair's and Julie's stuff into a rental truck. At 6 am tomorrow morning, Julie, her Dad and I head to Norfolk to formally move her and Blair into their very 1st apartment. Wow. As I was loading Blair's stuff from my place into the truck, I became sad. It was a joyful sadness. My boy, who was once a little blond curly headed, dimpled cheek, precocious chatter box, is about to leave his mother and father's nest to build his own for he and his new bride Julie.
I will miss the long, interesting, thought provoking, enjoyable late night conversations we would have after he came home from his date with Julie. I will miss our going to the movies...just he and I. I loved how if the movie moved me to tears, he too would have them streaming down his cheeks Then later we would have a bite to eat conferring and analyzing the movie's merit or shortcomings. I will miss how he could, at the drop of a hat, do a five minute comedic monologue...on anything that popped into his head. And I was (and am) his best audience...I always roared with laughter.
Lately, I keep hearing the lyrics from Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle"..."I've long since retired, my son's moved away, I called him just the other day...I said, 'I'd like to see you if you don't mind', he said 'I'd love to dad if I could find the time,..but the new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu...but it's real nice talking to you Dad,...it's been real nice talking with you." My prayer is that Blair and I will always have time for each other...ALWAYS.
I love you BLAIR!
your Dad
I will miss the long, interesting, thought provoking, enjoyable late night conversations we would have after he came home from his date with Julie. I will miss our going to the movies...just he and I. I loved how if the movie moved me to tears, he too would have them streaming down his cheeks Then later we would have a bite to eat conferring and analyzing the movie's merit or shortcomings. I will miss how he could, at the drop of a hat, do a five minute comedic monologue...on anything that popped into his head. And I was (and am) his best audience...I always roared with laughter.
Lately, I keep hearing the lyrics from Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle"..."I've long since retired, my son's moved away, I called him just the other day...I said, 'I'd like to see you if you don't mind', he said 'I'd love to dad if I could find the time,..but the new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu...but it's real nice talking to you Dad,...it's been real nice talking with you." My prayer is that Blair and I will always have time for each other...ALWAYS.
I love you BLAIR!
your Dad