tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926212489650811145.post3097195445666288093..comments2023-11-12T22:21:26.807-08:00Comments on Just Practicing Random Acts of Kindness: Father's Day MemoriesSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08021965849265965062noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926212489650811145.post-81607868189605622812011-06-19T16:56:59.141-07:002011-06-19T16:56:59.141-07:00I love your stories, and I love your photos. My f...I love your stories, and I love your photos. My fav is you and your dad on the steps.<br /><br />Even if your Dad could drive you nuts... Any Dad that toughs it out, and stands by his family, deserves credit. They are truly heros. Those that march to their own drummer... go against the grain... stand strong for what they believe... - even more so.<br /><br />Hope you're having a great weekend.<br />xoxo<br />TTeresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409408440168938413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926212489650811145.post-6490894995735918832011-06-19T07:34:14.678-07:002011-06-19T07:34:14.678-07:00Sue, what a wonderful tribute to your Dad. He was...Sue, what a wonderful tribute to your Dad. He was obviously a "larger than life" presence and having had one of those types of dads myself I appreciate the trials at the end of their lives and then the empty place they leave when they are gone. AnnThe Boston Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211110867604264641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926212489650811145.post-72778426260466718672011-06-18T13:01:35.783-07:002011-06-18T13:01:35.783-07:00That was a very loving tribute to your dad. I reme...That was a very loving tribute to your dad. I remember Long Beach back in those days. Once, we took the ship to Catalina Island from Long Beach Harbor. Do you remember that? I was an actual big ship that went there. Did you ever go hang out around in San Pedro? It's been ages, but there was a fisherman's wharf there. I'm sure that's very different now too. It's great that you get to visit your childhood home. And that you have so many great family memories. <br /><br />And I wanted to say thank you for your very kind words about Anthony.<br />We got him when he was 12 years old and in the seventh grade. He was every teachers nightmare and got into daily fights with other kids and was failing all of his classes. His former group home had him heavily medicated too. We got permission to take him off of the medicine completely. <br />We transferred him from the Costa Mesa School District to The Huntington Beach School District. And we started taking him to Calvary Chapel Beachside every Sunday. We worked on bringing out his natural sense of humor and with everything combined, he started to blossom into an incredibly wonderful kid. He has moved out now with his Aunt and it's incredibly sad to have him gone. We miss his laugh. He has one of those booming laughs that make everyone else laugh just hearing it. We still have one left who is supposed to go home to his parents this Summer. Then soon, we will start all over again with a new teen. <br />Sorry this post is so long! I hope you're having a great weekend, Mary :O)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01131854721716942480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926212489650811145.post-67972105373138428752011-06-18T09:15:00.149-07:002011-06-18T09:15:00.149-07:00Such a sweet story! I can relate!
kar...Such a sweet story! I can relate!<br /> karen...Recycled Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14188636270835953207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926212489650811145.post-79593836143510680342011-06-18T09:05:03.946-07:002011-06-18T09:05:03.946-07:00This post brought on the tears for me. Father'...This post brought on the tears for me. Father's Day is bittersweet for me as my dad passed three and a half years ago. Like your mom, I think he hung on long enough to know that my baby boy had arrived safely in my arms. Coop had only been with me for five weeks. But he was the joy of my father's life. So Father's Day is a sad day for me...<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your stories about your dad. Love the photo of him and Riley, and of you as a baby too!Kristin @ Yellow Bliss Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14411277940121487569noreply@blogger.com