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Blog Posted:8/12/2006 3:56:00 PM

daddy. It’s been nine years…nine years… since that 4:00 AM call, and I look at my home (he loved houses) and think…daddy. Everyday for about a year after the massive stroke shut him down, I would drive home from work bawling like a baby; one year! He was such a monumental figure within our family, as fathers should be. How can one man be so fallible, yet, influential, governing, respected, grand, and my daddy? I still cry just thinking about him and how I wish he could see my kids again, or my new basement (he loved houses), or even me.

daddy. He loved to fish – I hated it. However, when I was young I would ask to go deep-sea fishing with him even though I knew I would get so sick that my bait would never hit the water. I can remember lying in the cabin squinting out of my thin eyes as my dad clean up my “love” from the cabin floor. I must have spoiled his fishing trip, yet he never said a word about that - ever (I still can’t eat Chuckles to this day). I wasn’t sure he even knew why I wanted to go fishing with him. However, when I was near 30 years old I heard him relate to a friend how I hated deep-sea fishing and I would go just to be with him. He knew (I get seasick to this day)!

daddy. He grew up in a time when people hated him simply because of his skin color. Yet, he could not care less what other’s thought about him, he was going to be nice, and considerate, and friendly to you in spite of you. He was good, selfless, and welcoming because that’s who he was. Moreover, he was going to be what he wanted to be. He became what he wanted to become - a veterinarian.

daddy. I got beatings (not the abusive kind). I was punished. I wasn’t free. I was fearful at times (but in a good way). I was loved. I loved him. I knew I was loved even though he never once said it (he would shake my hand with the best of them). In 31 years, he never hugged me. I loved him. Don’t miss the point, I hug and kiss my kids, however too much is made of this tangible validation as the only form of love. You know love when you receive it, and there is no doubt in your mind. It is unquestionable and can manifest itself in many, other ways…as it did with daddy…and when you miss that love, you understand…and you may cry…and you may call for…daddy.

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Margaret
Okubo

Date: 6/27/2007 7:02:00 PM

Excellent and very touching. It brought tears to my eyes What a wonderful blog site you have. Don't know how I missed it before and why I found it today.I have read them all and find them interesting ,informative and at best a great lesson for us to remember, especially about following like sheep and wars. Keep up the great work.Love, Meg.

Marycile
Beer

Date: 10/1/2006 1:44:00 PM

Mark, this sounds some what like my father. I was born in '37 and remember the WWII years vividly. My father wasn't in it but his company work the original 24-7 back then. So our time together with him was very special. He died in l976 but the last 5 years he would spend much of his time on our South Dakota Ranch. The grandchildren did a lot with him when he came up. I know what you are feeling. Thank you for the kind words on my blog. God Bless, Cile

Paula
Larson

Date: 8/15/2006 6:01:00 PM

Mark - "daddy" a wonderful, sensitive disclosure of your feelings for a very special person you were close to for a good part of your life! Thanks!

Mark
Pringle

Date: 8/15/2006 12:07:00 PM

No, there is no reason to feel sad for me. I had a loving father. Feel sad for all those children who do not have fathers that are a central part of their lives.

Jill
Martin

Date: 8/14/2006 11:01:00 PM

Mark - I read this yesterday, started out with a comment then logged out. You have given quite a chunk of yourself here and I just want to comment in kind. This narrative really started the water works and I could not stop, nor could I comment then. I am sure you have struck many a chord with this piece, and I applaud you for leading the way. There are so many directions you could have gone, but you chose to believe your father loved you despite - and you saved your life. Thank you. Jill

Michelle
Mac Donald

Date: 8/12/2006 9:50:00 PM

Beautiful thoughts and a wonderful vision of someone you love so dearly. Softly said, but at the same time very powerful. Thank you for sharing this with us Mark. Mihelle

Mark
Pringle

Date: 8/12/2006 9:39:00 PM

Yes, Johnette, my dad passed on much more than his love, and, you and Tat know what that is...

Carol Sunshine
Brown

Date: 8/12/2006 8:35:00 PM

Mark, Nice to met you thanks to your blog. It is such a wonderful loving blog. I have read some of your poetry and plan to read more. Thank you for taking the time to share with us all.

Elaine
George

Date: 8/12/2006 6:47:00 PM

Hi Mark, My dad died August 11th 2003 and I miss him everyday....He was brought up in a era where it wasn't cool to show your emotions...but the last years of his life he told us everyday that he loved us...but we knew it all along...It was in his eyes and it was better than words. Thank you for this wonderful rememberance...Elaine

Johnette
Loefgren

Date: 8/12/2006 4:46:00 PM

well that made me cry.I wonder what he would think if he saw that?He must have done something right 'cause look how you turned out.Brave,brave blogging Mark,beautiful and now we know so much more.thankyou,Jonji

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10/8/2007	Cicadas	Haiku	faith,introspection,life,
10/8/2007	The Harvest	Quintain (English)	life,nature,seasons,time,
8/23/2007	Say It's So, Joe	Limerick	friendship,funny,people,
4/30/2007	That Word	Didactic	funny,inspirational,life,
10/8/2006	Reearth	Free verse	allegory,faith,inspiratio
8/2/2006	Upon His Blameless Feet	Free verse	childhood,hope,inspiratio
8/2/2006	Vigilant	Didactic	devotion,faith,hope,inspi
4/29/2006	Land of the Free	Elegy	allegory,history,mystery,
7/14/2005	Once Upon a Happenstance	Couplet	allegory,funny,lost love,
7/14/2005	Your Latin Radere - the Etching	Free verse	allegory,angst,art,me,me,
7/14/2005	Wicked Art!	Free verse	allegory,art,devotion,
7/3/2005	Marigold Tongues	Quatrain	inspirational,life,people
6/19/2005	Mirrors	I do not know?	art,introspection,parody,
5/5/2005	Pagan Mistress	Blank verse	allegory,time,
5/5/2005	This Righteous Reign	Couplet	devotion,faith,happiness,
5/5/2005	Truth	Lyric	death,devotion,faith,happ
3/16/2005	Ride of the Daystar: Har - Magedon	Free verse	adventure,devotion,faith,
2/21/2005	I Guess That's It	Blank verse	confusion,introspection,
2/21/2005	Jordanesque In My Ballet	Rhyme	passion,people,sports,
2/19/2005	A Limerick To Dave	Limerick	day,passion,
2/18/2005	Cedars of Lebanon	Blank verse	family,life,nature,son,up
2/18/2005	Daughter	Rhyme	daughter,family,inspirati
2/18/2005	Leap	I do not know?	inspirational,life,people
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Poets	Shape	imagination,introspection
One of Texas's Best	Cowboy Poetry	cowboy-western,history,no
Lines	I do not know?	allegory,friendship,life,
Acceptance	Blank verse	inspirational,introspecti
Her Touch	I do not know?	art,love,passion,
Hard Drive	I do not know?	computer-internet,inspira
Autumn Song	I do not know?	life,love,nature,seasons,
Albatross Wings	I do not know?	animals,life,places,sea,
Poetry Assignment	Free verse	death,imagination,on writ
Crazy Things	I do not know?	confusion,love,sympathy,
Faith	I do not know?	faith,happiness,life,
Elemental	I do not know?	philosophy,
In Forbearance	I do not know?	introspection,lost love,l
The Private Lives of Those I'Ve Loved	I do not know?	family,people,places,hous
Sunglass Envy	Acrostic	love,mystery,passion,
Cycle	I do not know?	faith,inspirational,life,
Liquid Little Stones	Haiku	nature,seasons,
I Met This Charming Moonbeam Last Night	Limerick	imagination,life,nature,p
Prolong the Inevitable Pt. Iii	Blank verse	death,imagination,life,
If Only We Ask	Didactic	devotion,faith,father,lif
Half Truth Dreams	Tanka	imagination,introspection
Tadpoling Parts 1 and 2	Free verse	childhood,friendship,happ
Petal	Verse	love,
To She: Drawn To Thy Beauty {quatrain}	Quatrain	love,
Date Night (And the Day After)	Villanelle	food,lost love,sad,love,
Consider This	Free verse	introspection,
Grief	Rhyme	loss,me,time,
Violin	Personification	death,love,rose,
Words Whisperer	Ghazal	hope,inspirational,life,l
Self Inflicted Blues	Free verse	hope,life,me,age,age,hair
Stairway To Heaven	Haiku	death,faith,imagination,l
Nothing But This	Verse	life,lost love,love,sad,r
Angolan Strength	Free verse	inspirational,loss,social
Where the Sycamore Grew	Narrative	autumn,family,house,life,
Mother Is Dove	Free verse	nostalgiamother,woman,wat
Dilemma	Free verse	beautiful,confusion,desir
Cinder Girl	Rhyme
Lucifer's Laments	Dramatic Monologue	faith,forgiveness,introsp
Night Comes	Rhyme	time,

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