Sentimental Thread ... post a loving childhood memory about your dad.

[Microcell]

I don't have any after thirty years! His loss. I am happy to see all the good dads out there and am thankful my DH is one!

 

[SideshowBob]

OK... SSB was reading this thread.... some nice tears here and there... and when about to reply, "Hey, Dad", by Good Charlotte starting playing on my LaunchCAST radio....

How's about that... a nice little sign.

My father was injured during WWII fighting with Patton in Africa (after eariler being part of Air France) ... had a metal plate put into his head from injury. Later was crippled and lost speech from injury... and never left house again... but was still able to be in wheelchair and get around a bit... This was when I was just about to be born, so never did see him walk... but we shared COUNTLESS hours together when I was a kid watching TV together and sometimes talking a bit. Always felt like a wonderful father, even though we never played ball, never swan, never ran outside... we still had a wonderful father/son relationship....

"I miss you, I miss you... hey, Dad... "

 

[snoopy]

My Dad was a gem. He loved his 9 child unconditionally. He had a wickedly sharp tongue and a wonderful sense of humor, and I find myself repeating his old sayings and stories about him to my sons. He died before either was born, 15 years ago at the very young age of 51.

My favorite memory of my Dad is when he would take me to the baseball games. We lived right across the street from Memorial Stadium in Baltimore and my Dad was a direhard Orioles fan. Every weekend in the summer he'd pick one of us and take us to the game. With 8 siblings, going to the ballgame with your Dad was pretty special. They have since built a new stadium in Baltimore, Camden Yards, and I often wonder what my Dad would have thought of it. I miss him so much. Here is the last picture I have of me and my Dad, taken about 1 1/2 years before he died:

 

[RoeMc1992]

I have more fond memories of my dad than I could possibly count. One that does stand out is the two of us sharing a chocolate covered banana while watching the fireworks on our very first trip to WDW. Dad has been gone almost 10 years and I miss him every day. To this day I have a fondness for chocolate covered bananas with nuts! (All thanks to Dad of course!)

 

[CEDmom]

As I said in the mom thread my dad died when I was 8. However, I have wonderful memories of him. Since there were 4 of us I didn't get a lot of one on one time so this one memory is extra special. When I was in 1st grade my class took a trip to the train station and rode to the next station. My dad signed up as a chaperone. He was the only dad that went. I can still remember sitting with him on the bus to the station and then enjoying the cheese sandwiches my mom had packed for us when we all stopped for a picnic lunch.

Thanks for allowing me to reminisce

 

[Chrissi Pooh]

I too have alot of memories about my dad and your stories helped me to remember even more!! Thanks!!!

Until I was 5 my dad worked out of town mostly but boy did I enjoy the postcards and special presents he would bring home.

My dad is very hands on, loves to build things and what most of you would call "tinkering", he has a way to fix anything.

He taught me how to check the oil and the tires on the car and was always ready to play some one on one b-ball when i made the team in middle school. My dad went on a field trip, to a baseball game.....(this is a big thing)my dad hates sports.

There was a time that my dad worked the night shift so he was leaving while I was at school and coming home very late, he would get up extra early in the morning just to go to breakfast with me before school we would share the latest music and reminise on what he grew up with. Now my parents have a harley and my DD get's to go with him on the motorcycle to breakfast on the weekends. He is my dd's special friend or as she calls him "her pal"!!!!

My dad is extra special to me let me explain in one last story.....

When I was 2 my dad was in an accident....he fell several feet from a scafolding(sp) he lost the sight in his right eye, has pins in his elbow, was in a coma for a few days. I remember visiting him at the hospital and sitting very gently in his lap. A few years ago a 20 foot cement wall fell and pinned him underneath now he has pins in his foot......Yes he is full of pins but he's alive and he's the best dad I could have ever asked for!!!

Thank you Maggie!!!!

 

[piglet too]

I don't know if I can recall just one or two specfic events that make my Dad just so cool to me.

I know that I loved when he would read to me, he did little voices, and made the books really come to life.

I work with him now at TRU, and I love it. He has paid some compliments to me and they mean so much because they come from my Daddy.

 

[scrappnmom]

during my high school "career" i had never skipped. Well when I was a Sr. two of my girlfriends talked me into skipping for the afternoon, i was so scared but said yes. I stopped by a telephone and called my dad and told him i was skipping the afternoon, he asked where I was going and when would i be home i told him and he said o.k., be safe and have fun. you see i knew that when he was in high schoolhe skipped alot. it was my mom i had to fear! my daddy has been gone for 8 years and i miss him so very much everyday!