D DOING, ALWAYS BUSY
A ACTION, GETTING THINGS DONE
D DEAR, ALWAYS DEAR TO HIS FAMILY
D DEAR, WE WERE DEAR TO HIM
Y YELPING, LAUGHING, CHUCKLING,
SUPPERTIME WAS FILLED WITH STORIES
AND LAUGHTER, AND HAPPY TIMES
NEVER TAKE A PLATE AND SIT BEFORE A TV
SIT DOWN, ENJOY THE FOOD
TALK ABOUT THE DAY
EVERYONE HAD A TURN
ENJOY THE MEAL, PRAISE THE COOK
AND AS WE GIRLS BEGAN TO COOK, PRAISE THE LUMPY GRAVY, AND SUGAR INSTEAD OF FLOUR GRAVY, THE PIE THAT APPEARED TO HAVE DROPPED,
DADDY SOLDIERED ON, EATING SECOND AND EVEN THIRD HELPINGS
OH, HOW WE MISS THAT MAN
Tom Hollingshead
1907 - 1985
Be she 9 or 90 to the daughter of the South, the man who was her parent is always DADDY
A lovely paean to the male role model all children must have to grow up in a fulfilled manner...especially daughters. In this new age of same-sex parents, I often wonder about what the ultimate outcome will be in terms of their perspective on the natural logos of social life. I lost my own father at the age of four. Now that I think about it, I've never honored his memory in verse. Perhaps it's far more overdue than I think. Thanks for sharing this perspective on your own father. He sounds like one excellent specimen of fatherhood...and how rare that often is, these days!
Wow... Interesting in a unique way. Daughters are a blessing and how a father would be so proud of having a daughter who loves him so much.
Appealing and heart touching. May God bless his soul
Keep loving the ones you love, because only love remains.
You are so lucky to have such a wonderful dad, wish mine was that good as I was growing up...but still no matter how bad they are, we still miss them don't we...? -e-
Hi Mj.
Sure did like your poem "Still Remembering Daddy". Sounds like a great man...I know I hope to see meet him someday. My dad and him would have hit it off good. Thanks for sharing this part of your heart, God bless you always Mj.
A beautiful write M J
Sounds like he was a great man
May he continue to dwell within your heart
and valued loving memories of him
Love & peace be with you
Called ours Pop, perhaps because he was older than most fathers. Still not quite sure what he taught me, except that I didn't want to be like him, and at least on the surface, succeeded. And yet, as the years have flown, I'd like to finally sit down and have a long talk with him. Well done.
Sounds like a good, old fashioned (the best kind) dad and how you all sat around the table and conversed. A special time, made more special because of the kind of man your dad was.
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A delightful story of a needy family of squirrels who are kicked out of their village, because of their tattered clothes and nests.
Abandoned and in search of friends to accept them, they travel many roads of r
Wonderful tribute.
Appealing and heart touching. May God bless his soul
Keep loving the ones you love, because only love remains.
Cheers !
Rana
We do miss them terribly.
A wonderful tribute and loving moments shared.
Fine writing.
Lady Mary Ann
so sad when we have lose any family member!
Regis
Sure did like your poem "Still Remembering Daddy". Sounds like a great man...I know I hope to see meet him someday. My dad and him would have hit it off good. Thanks for sharing this part of your heart, God bless you always Mj.
with affection, Zach
Ron
Sounds like he was a great man
May he continue to dwell within your heart
and valued loving memories of him
Love & peace be with you
William
H.F.J.E.IV (1886-1966)