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Dear Daddy

6/3/2014

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June 3, 2014

Dear Daddy,

You’ve been on my mind a lot the last few days, especially today.  Today marks seven years since I’ve been able to see you or talk to you, and there is so much I miss about you.

I miss your blue eyes and your beautiful silver-gray hair.

I miss the look of mischief in your eyes when you were with your grandchildren.  You had three great-grandchildren when you left.  Now you have six—and they are all so beautiful!

I miss the way you used to walk through the house with your arms tucked behind your back, and the way you would just stop in the hallway and look at a picture or stare out the window—I often wondered what you were thinking about at those times.  Now that I am a parent and my own children are grown, I have a feeling I know exactly what your thoughts were.

I miss hearing your voice on the phone, telling me to be sure to check the oil in my car and to make sure it has gas before I leave for work.  And to make sure the house doors and windows are shut and locked before I go to bed.

I even miss that big old lump in your cheek where you always had a mouthful of chewing tobacco!  After you left, I was cleaning out the closet in the room where you would stay when you came to my house and I found a couple of empty tobacco pouches you had wadded up and “hidden” on the shelf—I’m sure you left those there knowing I would need a laugh in the days to come.

I miss hearing your laugh, Daddy.  At your funeral, so many people commented on the fact that they could always pick you out of a crowd just by hearing your laugh.  What a wonderful way to be remembered—you laughed a lot and it was a beautiful laugh.

What I miss the most though is the constant, never-failing love you had for me.  Even in times when I wasn’t so loveable, you kept right on loving me…no matter what I said or did or how many mistakes I made in life.  And I just want to take a minute to thank you for that.  Because of your love, I am the person I am today.  Because of your love for me, I know how and what it means to love to my children.

I miss you, Daddy….so, so much. 

I love you always,
Ruth

In loving memory of Walter Ellet McDonald
December 11, 1924 – June 3, 2007

1 Comment
Billie Camic
6/12/2014 10:40:46 am

Ruth, I loved your blog about your Dad. It made cry. I always loved him and I, too, loved his laughter and mischievousness. He was a wonderful man. Thanks for telling me about your blog. I had trouble getting on it at first, but, Crystal told me what to do. (I am technically challenged. )

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