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Post by horselady on Jun 19, 2016 11:18:53 GMT
I know we all have dear memories of our fathers. and today we share our feelings to them. My Dad was wonderful served 4 years in the phillippines and did no come home every year for a rest. i was taken to fairs. fishing. learned to play golf. also fix cars and do yard work. and love animals. He worked for 35 years on the rail road and retired. into his retirement he found a job as a caretaker on an estate and he was considered part of their family.. they actually fired him after 20 years with them because he was getting older and they were afraid he would fall and no one would find him.. they were nice enough to give him a years pay as severance. he passed away in 2009 . i miss him every day and i cherish the memories... Heres to you Dad. smileys-easter-523326 Attachments:
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Post by horselover4life on Jun 19, 2016 12:29:22 GMT
That's sweet hl. really sweet. graphics-3d-smileys-082254
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Post by horselover4life on Jun 19, 2016 13:00:22 GMT
My dad was a WWII veteran also.
Stationed in California, he was Navy and was part of the SeaBees that loaded/unloaded the Navy ships of that time.
When he came home from war he married my mom. The house they bought they lived in their entire life, having 3 girls.
My dad and I were inseparable...
I was the son he did not have. Still today I am happy doing metal or woodwork {actually probably happier} as being in the kitchen baking cakes.
I too can do some car work, but it was my husband who really taught me so much of that...
My dad believed every women should know how to change a tire, do a oil change and understand how to realize and explain a car problem to a mechanic if you could not fix it yourself. He required this of all his kids to obtain your drivers license...
He was a stickler for being better than just good a driver.
He was a professional driver, taught us all to drive along with my moms assistance. He taught the fine-points and made sure you could do them right...all of us passed our driving tests on the first try, seldom done in that area!
My dad drove a tractor-trailer for Grumman till he retired do to illness. He was part of the Lunar Module team, the first one to land on the moon. He also was known to drive the F-14 down the Long Island Expressway for flight testing, part of his job he loved doing.
We learned about nature through Girl Scouts, he was also a Girl Scout, and from family camping.
He taught us to always leave a place in better condition than it was found. As a family we traveled almost all of the US country, saw many National Parks and always did the park ranger show and learned about the place we were in.
He and my mom taught us to respect ourselves first and then respect others, to demand proper treatment of respect given from all to us...
They together taught us pride in ourself, self-worth, love of God, family and the world we live in.
My dad was a firemen from the time he was 16 till he died at 64 years of age. It was from him I learned to love and then follow in his footsteps and also become a firefighter/AEMT...
Dad was a Fire District Commissioner, a responsibility to the community he was proud to carry out. Part of his duties was to swear in by oath new firefighters... to this day in NYS I am the only daughter sworn in to active firefighter status by their father {I believe}.... We proudly made all the papers, local, regional and some national.
I lost my dad 20+ years ago. I miss him every day still, talk to him and ask him for advice on projects when I am stumped.
If I ever had doubts of angels around offering protection.... my dad kept me safe many times on the road when I traveled alone because he taught me the skills I do have. I know the day many years ago now of the terrible tornadoes that devastated the Carolina's...I was there with my son driving while that occurred. It was my dad guiding me through hell that kept us free of harm and alive that afternoon and evening I have no doubt...I could feel his loving hand turning the car wheels on top of mine while I shook so bad from fright....
My dad may be gone but he shall forever live in my heart, be part of my life. mini-graphics-valentine-940295
Now posted a photo of my dad swearing me in as a firefighter and one of my childhood home....both are from the 1980's
 Happy Fathers Day Daddy, I love you.....
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Happy Fathers Day Daddy, I love you.....
