Comments | headbanger118: Dad and my Uncle Ray....in loving memory

headbanger118

Dad and my Uncle Ray....in loving memory

Jul 09, 2007 00:34

Today is the 6th anniversary of my Uncle Ray's death and the 3rd anniversary of my dad's death. They died on the same day, July 9, three years apart. Until I met Bill, they were the most important men in my life. I grew up with both of them, because my Uncle Ray (mom's brother) lived with our family.

Their deaths couldn't have been more ( Read more... )

ray, dad

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curefreak July 9 2007, 10:41:34 UTC

:) BIG HUGS and what a fantastic way to honour their memory. I always make my Mum a coffee on the anniversary of her death and let it go cold...well she always did *lol*, though I swear she'd be saying "You never made me one while I was alive" and then laughing.

headbanger118 July 9 2007, 11:22:20 UTC

Thanks. This year, more than any other, I seem to be feeling the good memories more and more. I can see my uncle enjoying a big Pals (a local eatery) milkshake, and I can see hear Dad singing a 1940's swing song.

I must have my coffee steaming hot. Bill swears I have no nerve endings in my tongue!

jhoc July 9 2007, 11:01:30 UTC

I've never heard that poem before. I liked it.

headbanger118 July 9 2007, 11:24:10 UTC

I think it's pretty cool. I had never heard it before Dad showed it to me.

anonymous July 9 2007, 12:35:43 UTC

That is a very nice way to remember both of them!

headbanger118 July 9 2007, 17:15:59 UTC

Thank you. The good memories far outweigh the bad at this point.

bastet11191967 July 9 2007, 19:50:29 UTC

Wow, that was deep.

headbanger118 July 9 2007, 20:07:13 UTC

I just felt like I needed to put those things down, and I'm very glad I did. Today has been a day of really good memories.