father day

Thanks girls, and Gaff thanks for your kind words. This forenoon I have visited my fathers grave on the cemetery. I have talked a bit with him and told him how I miss him. Gaff, Father'day and your Dad's birthday, that is a double celebration. Wish him all the best and a good health. And find a present is always difficult, but give him what he likes. As long you can give him something, you will be happy. I often bought C.D's for my father, because he was very fond of music. Yesterday evening we went to the restaurant to celebrate Father's day for my husband. He got nice presents from our boy's. Of course it was something for his garden and he was very happy. :love:

I am glad your son was nice with his father yesterday. It's important, in particular for a boy, to be close with his dad. And the father is just as delighted as his son is, in this case. :) And when Daddy even receives cool gifts, it's even better! :mrgreen: :wink: That's nice for your husband. :) I am SAD for your father Marthe. What was his name, how old was he? If I may ask, sure. :blush2: :) Here too it happens to be on june 15. But like you Marthe, I have my father no more. So for my brother and I it's nothing special at all anymore. We just go to the cemetery too. He died on 4/4/2002, from pancreatic cancer. He was 58 years old. His name was Louis. He was a nice, normal and discret man. He loved Story, Geography and Politics. As gifts for "Fathers' Day" I often used to buy him some clothes or shoes. Or some cigars, because he used to smoke both cigarettes and cigars. :) I just hope, girls, that you are close with your own fathers, you know. :) It's marvelous to have this relationship in one's life. And you really realise that when... you loose him. I regret a lot of things. But it's too late, it's life. Anyway... HAPPY FATHER's DAY to come to you girls! :wink: :hug

I'm sorry to hear that your fathers died, Marthe and Nicolette, though it is nice to hear that both of you hold dear memories of them. :hug

It's nice to hear that those that can not be with us on specials days are being celebrated as they always were. This Father's day is going to be massive for me this year, as it is the first time in years that we have managed to get the entire family together. That's aunts/ uncles/ cousins...everybody. Even more special that my Brother and cousin will be Fathers as well. Three generations altogether. The weater has been fantastic in the south of the Uk today, so fingers crossed it will last til the 15th. My Father was a chef, so unfortunately he will be cooking on his day :tongue: and once again his birthday falls in the same week as Fathers (as does my Mum's birthday does for Mothers day) I hope you all have good memories to look on and for others I hope that you create good memories for the future. :kiss

Thank you Frances and Waresl. :) Yes I keep very good memories of him. Last night he was even present in one dream! It's so bizarre you know... You are dreaming, he is here, and it's like this is a normal thing. You do not "care" in the sense you DO NOT know he died or he will die. He is just here in your dream, like it was real, like if nothing bad never happened. Some would maybe think those dreams are awful, because then you wake up and realise he is not here. But for me those dreams are BLESSINGS. I never wake up sad, on the contrary. I thank GOD about these dreams! I am glad that your entire family will meet again Waresl. Hehe this is cool! :hug Me too I hope you'll have nice weather. :wink: I also can see you have a lot to celebrate in the SAME time! father-mother's days, birthdays and the new daddys. :mrgreen: It's GOOD. :) God bless you all.

Marthe - it sounds like your Father's Day was very special indeed. It is nice that you continue to visit your father's grave on that day and remember him. Is your husband's garden more fruits, vegetables or flowers? I'm sorry for both you and Nicolette that your fathers are no longer around. I'm know I'm very fortunate to have both my parents still and I spent some time with them just this morning. Waresl, it does sound like your family will have a great celebration. Nice growing up with a father who is a Chef. Most of the presents we give on Mother's and Father's day are rather small, but one year was very memorable. My Dad was running short of white handkerchefs which uses frequently. At the time, my siblings and I were quite young, so my Mom bought seven handkerchefs, wrapped them individually and had each of us give him one. After about the third one, he realized the joke, but still had to come up with ways he would use the handkerchefs to make all his children feel like their gift was important to him. And after all that, Mom gave him a couple more.

Thank you girls for your kind words I am always glad to hear you all. Your words give me comfort. Then I realize how happy I am to be in the Ioanzone Community. Nicolette, I am also sorry to hear that you have lost your father. He was not old at all. But that terrible disease, he must have suffer a lot. My father died on 26/2/2006, he was 76 and his name was Maurice. Of course it is a great difference, dying when you are 58 and dying at 76. But the loss is the same. I had a terrible day yesterday, even this morning I have cried, but you must go on. There are other people who needs you. My father got a thrombosis on 3/1/2006, so just after we had celebrated the New Year. He has stayed in the hospital until he died. He has never spooken again which was very hard. So we have never be able to say good-bye. Gaff, I am glad that you have both your parents still. Enjoy every moment you share with them. I do that with my mother. Yesteday afternoon I took her out to a nice place and she enjoyed it very much. And Gaff in the garden of my husband there are flowers, bushes, trees and vegetables like salad, tomatos, potatos, onions, all sort of cabbages, green beans, green peas, spinage... We must never buy them. He has a lot of flowers, I do not know how much. And then of course we have chickens, ducks and rabbits and a lot of cats. Gaff I will certainly send some pictures of it. Do you also have a garden ? Waresl, that must be nice to have a father who is a Chef. Enjoy the great celebration.

Of course it is a great difference, dying when you are 58 and dying at 76. But the loss is the same. I can confirm that the age of your loved ones when they die makes a difference, but your loss is the same. I think you're never ready to lose someone you love. I remember when my grandparents (my father's parents) died. My grandmother was 84 (and she had been sick for three years) and my grandfather 90 when they died, so I was aware that they could pass away at any moment, yet the sorrow was there and I felt like there were still so many things that I would have liked to tell them and do with them, but I couldn't anymore. I remember that two or three months after my grandfather died (my granny went first), I inadvertently headed to his home before leaving on trip to greet him and tell him I would be back soon... only when I was at his old door, I realized that I had no one to visit. :no no I had a terrible day yesterday, even this morning I have cried, but you must go on. There are other people who needs you. I am sorry to hear you had a terrible day yesterday, Marthe. Hope you're fine now.

Yes Frances, you're never ready to lose someone you love. Thank you for your comforting words. I am fine now. It is a new week, so I focus on my work. Have a nice day :love:

Waresl, it does sound like your family will have a great celebration. Nice growing up with a father who is a Chef.quote> My waist line doesn't seem to think so :wink:

Waresl - my waistline looks like my father is a chef without all the good food. :roll: So, at least you have some good food on your way to extra inches. Marthe - I live on 10 acres (not mine) and there are some berry bushes, fruit trees and chickens, but we don't have a vegetable garden this year. My sister and her husband are too busy for one. For a few years they had bees and we had honey which was quite good. Now, most of it is in orchard grass (hay) and some weeds. I do have some flowers around my cottage. The first of spring we have daffodils, then tulips, azaleas, irises, lilacs, roses, hydrangea and lavender. I also have some Gerbera daisies and a Lenten rose in pots. We have white daisies and golden poppies that grow wild in early summer.

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