Hi everyone...
Hope you are all doing well..I've sort of been absent from the boards again..it's not because I don't care, because I do, about each and every one of you...I'm just dealing with a lot of grief right now and not feeling like I'd be much help to anyone else...
My father loved going to the malls with me before Christmas..he didn't believe in buying a box of cards, he liked to handpick each card to family or friends, he loved all the food items for this season too, always stocking up on oodles of boxes of chocolates and xmas oranges, ukrainians are right into the eating aspect of holidays...lol...he'd attend every bake sale and turkey supper at his building complex too, always buying me things whether i wanted them or not..: )
He loved reading so every year I would include a book as one of his gifts, this year I heard of one out on the history of our province(it was Saskatchewan's 100th b'day)..I thought "oh that would be perfect for my dad"..then it hit...
I am so thankful I worked things out with my father years ago, and that we had such a special relationship in his last years..the trust he put in me, always telling me what good care I took of him, or any crisis, he'd tell his home health aides or friends in his building.."oh i'll call my daughter, she'll know what to do"..
I doubt Christmas will be the same for Jubilee Residences(where he lived) either..most of the tenants will be missing him in one way or another..my dad was THE biggest s*** disturber there...lol..(in an endearing way of course..: ))...
Anyways I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, be with your loved ones, if you can't be with them think of the memories and let the tears flow...
We love and miss you dad...
Gary and Mary-Ann
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