Posted on 06/09/2025 12:08:55 AM PDT by hoagy62
I knew this was coming but it's not a post I wanted to make. My dad, Robert, has passed away. He was 87.
He was a staunch conservative, and a very big fan and supporter of President Trump. He and President Trump shared a birthday, June 14th.
He did serve in the Air National Guard as a clerk.
He wasn't a person who got into the internet. He was one of those people that eschewed the ways of modern life. He knew about Free Republic because I told him about it. He did support what we do here.
Condolences, and prayers for your family...
Peace to you and yours, hoagy. Saying goodbye to a parent ia never easy.
Blessings, and look to God for answers.
He’s not gone. You will have dreams of him .... God bless
So sorry to hear about your dad. Prayers sent up for you.
I’m sorry to hear you lost your dad. Sounds like you got along well. Cherish those times. The loss of mine in 1991 was tough, and it impacted me greatly. Always remember the good times, and you’ll pull through just fine. Prayers up for you.
I’m so terribly sorry, hoagy62. Parents give us so much comfort and love as we become our own person- separate from them but grateful for the support that taught us values and skills. Love hearing your anecdotes of him and would love to hear more so that he’s remembered by more people. I can feel so many parents in the comments leaning over their children’s shoulders - all there with us as we’re together for one another. All of their anecdotes, too, are part of a Great Circle of Memories that bind them, and us, together. Let’s remember these very important people and cherish the time we had with them. Hearing of any loss for anyone just reminds us of our own losses. Our comfort is in sharing our memories with people who’ve been there and helping prepare the ones who see the loss coming on their own horizons. My deepest sympathies to you and to each and every one of us.
My sympathy.
Andi pray you have the peace that passeth all understanding.
Very sorry for your loss. I remember when I lost my dad. It is something that takes a while to grapple with.
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Rest in peace airman. I know the hurts...lost my dad on Fathers Day...no less..2001.
RIP
Prayers for your Dad and condolences to you.
I am sorry - Prayers for God’s comfort
May the comforting hand of the Lord be upon you and your family in this time of grief, and may ypu see naught but the joy your father brought into I our life. Amen.
I’m sorry for our loss. I pray you have good memories to carry forward as Father’s Day approaches.
Oh man, my fat thumb disease has spiked up again.
Prayers up, for your Dad and your family.
Blessings
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Very sorry for your loss. There are no good words. May God bless you through this.
your dad dines in the glory of God. miss him but know he is with you
always.
I am very sorry for your loss. Please remember though, he is not gone... he is just gone from your sight. You will see him again. Thoughts and prayers for you and your family...
*****
Gone From My Sight
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says: “There, she is gone!”
“Gone Where?”
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: “There, she is gone!” there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: “Here she comes!”
And that is dying.
-Henry Van Dyke
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