Comments on: Dad. http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Open Grove Claudia http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-655 Open Grove Claudia Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:46:38 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-655 Moobsy - Thanks for being here. Moobsy – Thanks for being here.

]]> By: Moobs http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-654 Moobs Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:29:21 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-654 I didn't comment when you first posted because I didn't want to break the silence but I thought I should come back to say I was there. I didn’t comment when you first posted because I didn’t want to break the silence but I thought I should come back to say I was there.

]]> By: Open Grove Claudia http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-653 Open Grove Claudia Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:10:09 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-653 Pendullum - Thank you for your thoughts and the space in your heart. Pendullum – Thank you for your thoughts and the space in your heart.

]]> By: Pendullum http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-652 Pendullum Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:00:29 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-652 I am thinking of you and your dad... And I think the two of you follow me around today... You are in my heart... I am thinking of you and your dad…
And I think the two of you follow me around today…
You are in my heart…

]]> By: Open Grove Claudia http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-651 Open Grove Claudia Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:58:35 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-651 ADW - I think you're right. There's probably no way for it to be "easy" to lose someone you love, especially when that relationship is turbulent. Thank you. Heart in SF - I appreciate your heartfelt words. It's a funny thing. I don't think that my father ever uttered those three small words to me. My oldest sister is crushed over it. I do think you are right, though. He loved me, and all of us, in the ways he knew how. Thank you for your kindness. ADW – I think you’re right. There’s probably no way for it to be “easy” to lose someone you love, especially when that relationship is turbulent. Thank you.

Heart in SF – I appreciate your heartfelt words. It’s a funny thing. I don’t think that my father ever uttered those three small words to me. My oldest sister is crushed over it. I do think you are right, though. He loved me, and all of us, in the ways he knew how. Thank you for your kindness.

]]> By: heart in san francisco http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-650 heart in san francisco Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:42:43 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-650 Oh, Claudia, this is so beautiful. I have come to believe over many years of consideration and much pain that our parents rarely love us according to our job description of how they should. But they usually do, in their own way. The fact that your father actually told you that the trick was to understand how someone else loved means that he loved you more than he was able to express. (How could he not?) That WAS his way of saying "I love you and I am so very proud that you are my daughter." I am going to sit here with the two of you for awhile because there is nothing I would rather do than be in the presence of a father and daughter who love each other. Oh, Claudia, this is so beautiful.

I have come to believe over many years of consideration and much pain that our parents rarely love us according to our job description of how they should. But they usually do, in their own way.

The fact that your father actually told you that the trick was to understand how someone else loved means that he loved you more than he was able to express. (How could he not?) That WAS his way of saying “I love you and I am so very proud that you are my daughter.”

I am going to sit here with the two of you for awhile because there is nothing I would rather do than be in the presence of a father and daughter who love each other.

]]> By: ADW http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-649 ADW Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:27:01 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-649 Claudia - ditto what everyone else has already said. It never, ever gets easier and sometimes I am glad for that because that would mean that we are forgetting someone who was so very important to us. Claudia – ditto what everyone else has already said. It never, ever gets easier and sometimes I am glad for that because that would mean that we are forgetting someone who was so very important to us.

]]> By: Open Grove Claudia http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-648 Open Grove Claudia Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:49:09 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-648 Squirrelly - Thank you for your time and prayers. My father used to say that we all love in our own ways and that the trick is to understand how someone else loves. I'm certain he was talking about himself - as you so beautifully said. Squirrelly – Thank you for your time and prayers. My father used to say that we all love in our own ways and that the trick is to understand how someone else loves. I’m certain he was talking about himself – as you so beautifully said.

]]> By: lone grey squirrel http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-647 lone grey squirrel Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:46:47 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-647 I sat and spent time with you and your dad. I also said a prayer. It was a wonderful post. It is important that he tried. That showed that he loved. I sat and spent time with you and your dad. I also said a prayer. It was a wonderful post. It is important that he tried. That showed that he loved.

]]> By: Open Grove Claudia http://www.on-a-limb.com/2007/07/dad/#comment-646 Open Grove Claudia Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:46:28 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=478#comment-646 Josie - Yes, feet of clay, brains of mud, hearts of stone - yet immeasurably lovable. Thanks. La Cubana Gringa - Thank you for your thoughts. He died because he hated and/or was afraid of doctors. Maybe if he knew you, he wouldn't have had to die so young. Heather - Thanks for reading and thinking. Josie – Yes, feet of clay, brains of mud, hearts of stone – yet immeasurably lovable. Thanks.

La Cubana Gringa – Thank you for your thoughts. He died because he hated and/or was afraid of doctors. Maybe if he knew you, he wouldn’t have had to die so young.

Heather – Thanks for reading and thinking.

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