[AT] OT: I lost my best friend today

[Gerald Johnson]

Not spam at all.  I am very sorry to hear about your loss.  I lost my dad in
1991 and I still miss him.  I guess all of us that have lost a parent wish
we had said and done more, but somehow I think they know.  A friend told me
when my dad died that the day would come when the sorrow I was feeling
immediately after his death would one day be replaced with all the good
memories that came from knowing him.  At that time I could not see how such
a change could take place...but it has.  I guess what I miss most is asking
his advice.   I didn't always heed his advice, but just asking him always
made me feel better in making the decisions I had to make.  I imagine you
are much the same.

I trust that your memory will soon be filled with all the good thoughts of
your dad also.

Gerald
Western, NC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LeRoy Price III" <leroy_price3 at hotmail.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:43 PM
Subject: [AT] OT: I lost my best friend today


>
> Didn't think today would mean much when I got up this morning but it
turned
> out that
> it has.  Today I lost one of my best friends and I wish I had him back.
> That friend was my
> father.  After 29 years of caring for him as a quadriplegic, he finally
> bridged the final gap in
> his life.  As I sit here and type this small tribute, I can only think of
> things I wish I had said
> and did for him.  I fell short with some things and I'm sure he
appreciated
> those things
> that I was able to do.
>
> Tonight, I wish I still had him here to guide me through a few more years.
> I always felt cheated
> in that we couldn't do the things normal father and son do especially
> restoring and showing
> tractors.
>
> I hope I'll see him again some day to tell him what this day meant to me
and
> what
> he meant to me.  Hopefully, I did make some difference in his life..
>
> Sorry for the spam,
>
> LeRoy
>
>
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