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Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
RN I hope a lot of people come in and post great memories of their fathers so my pissy post from last night will archive.

RN I'm wishing all the wonderful Dads on TVCH (cause I know there are some here), and all the wonderful kids of wonderful Dads on TVCH (cause I know there are lots of those too) a wonderful Father's Day.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Right now, I was one of those people on Facebook talking about my dad. I know that I was very lucky to have had him in my life. He was and always will be the greatest man that I know. He touched so many people's lives that I still to this day, 30 years later, have people telling me how they loved him. He played Santa and he played Willy the clown for all the church festivities and work parties. He never said a bad word about anyone. He taught me that I should never judge someone because I don't know their story and haven't walked in their shoes. He was always there for me. My one true sadness is that my children never knew him because he would have been the most wonderful grandfather. He had a very rough life. He grew up in foster homes but he never let that hold him back. He loved life and he was more of a kid than we were during many holidays. It makes me very sad that not everyone could have a father like him in their lives.

(How was that, Who? :-))

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 8:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
RN ((Who & NYH)) Like Mamie, I also posted (in my folder) about missing my dad. My dad was my best friend, and I was his little buddy. I know how fortunate I was (although he passed away at 56 when I was 20), because his love for me was unconditional, whereas my relationship with my mom was complex and extremely disfunctional for the most part, until she developed dementia. So I look back and wish I'd let my dad know just how special he was to me and how in essence, any healthy self-esteem I have is due to him. Thankfully he knew I loved him, but I took him for granted in a way, as one seems to focus on what one longs for rather than appreciate what one has at the time. But I guess that's called growing up and maturing when one actually realizes this.

Happy Father's Day to all the Clubhouse Dad's out there in Cyberspace. :-)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
RN, I feel for people who didn't have good experiences with their Dad.

I have such wonderful memories of my Dad. He was such a great Dad and one of the bravest people I have ever known. I could never fully comprehend just how much he loved me. He was pretty sick for the last twenty years of his life but he never ever let that stop him, he never complained and he was the most positive person I've ever met. Twenty years sounds long and he was truly amazing. His Doctors couldn't believe that he kept going. He was so strong and he absolutely loved life more than anyone I have ever known. I feel fortunate that I got to spend as much time with him as did and my only regret is that he passed away before Wendy and Gail were born. He loved kids so much and I can't begin to imagine what a wonderful granddad he would have been and how much he would have enjoyed it.

One of my favourite memories of my Dad (and there are many) was one time when I had messed up pretty bad. He said, "I'm a little upset with you right now, Jim, but everyone makes mistakes. Just do one thing for me. If you ever have kids and they do something like this, remember this, and you be patient and kind to them for me." Well I've never forgotten and if I can be half as good a Dad to my daughters as my Dad was to me, I know that I'll be doing great.

Happy Father's Day to all the good Dads that are out there!

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
RN Aww don't worry about me Mame. Enjoy your day! National holidays that don't pertain to me I barely notice. Whoami hope you are feeling better :-)

RN Watching Eureka reruns on SyFy.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
RN I'm taking a break from all the flurry of activity in the kitchen. Helped 11-yo DD fix her Daddy's favorite breakfast: Texas French Toast with home-made syrup, cantaloupe, and coffee. Daughter is off to Christian Education Camp this afternoon; DH just left with her. Oh, am I going to miss having my little girl around here for the next four days. What ever will I do?

RN I'm grateful to still have my own father. My Dad's the sweetest man in the world, and I'm so thankful that he beat kidney cancer four years ago. He was extremely lucky. I love my Dad and my Mom and am very appreciative that I still have my parents and that they leave just 10 miles away. After a long battle with kidney disease, my DH lost his Dad on June 1st, almost exactly six years after his mother passed away from breast cancer. My husband feels the loss acutely, but he doesn't say much; I know he's hurting, though.

God bless all the wonderful dads out there, and I really feel for those who have lost their fathers and those who never knew them.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Rn, I had a good Daddy, but he died young, so I don't dwell much on Father's Day.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, June 21, 2010 - 12:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
RN Who, I had one of those dads too. Gone by the time I was 5 and sis 3, divorce to him meant ditching the kids too. Don't have any memories of him before he was gone cuz even when he was there he was never really there.

And then my step dad came into our lives when I was 10 and I learned what a dad really was. Even more amazing because he didn't have to be a dad, but stepped right up to it. Hehe, when we came along he had no idea what to do with two little girls. He taught us, supported us, tutored us, tried to fix ponytails, played with us, and threatened boys. He died 9 years ago.

I think my favorite memory though is just how much he loved being a grandpa. Caleb was 4, Kota less than 2, and oldest niece not quite 1 when he died, he didn't get much of a chance to know the girls, or them him, but Caleb was his little buddy. When I was on maternity leave with Caleb, step dad started to stop by our apartment on his lunch break. For the first week or so, he always had some excuse (wanted to heat up his lunch, something he told Darren he'd fix, etc.) He'd been stopping by for a week at least before he finally asked if he could hold the baby. After that it was over, lol, he was a completely adoring grandpa. And once Caleb was old enough to actually play back they spent even more time together.

When I think of step dad, sometimes I have the fond memories of the man who raised us, but mostly I remember what an awesome grandpa he was and how much he loved Caleb, Kota, and oldest niece and I regret that he never got to meet youngest two nieces and that he didn't get the opportunity to watch the kids grow up. He would have been so proud of all of them. Also I think of him with a bit of amazement, for a man who wasn't biologically related, Caleb is soooooooo much like him it's shocking!

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Monday, June 21, 2010 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
RN, I've had a great time reading about all your wonderful dads!

As far as dwelling in the past (which I appeared to have been doing). Its hard to explain exactly how I felt growing up (or now, for that matter).

For me, having no dad was as much of a matter-of-fact statement to share as that I grew up with asthma, or with curly hair. I don't know what its like to have a dad, breathe right, or have manageable hair, so how can I really tell what I've been missing all these years?

As far as my original RN goes, when I said I felt sort of bad reading everyone's posts on Facebook with short messages/memories of Dads. When reading posts of that nature, I couldn't help but have the same initial gut reaction of, "phhhttt, so what?" That's what made me feel sort of bad. I felt kinda guilty having that kind of attitude about a day that is obviously special to other people, especially people I care about.

So, RN, thank you everyone for posting/sharing your special memories. It really warms my heart to know there really are Dads out there worth the memories.

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Monday, June 21, 2010 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
RN, Whoami...I know what you are feeling, but from the Mom side of it...My Daughter's Dad bailed when she was 8months old and she has never seen him since...he in 'all those yrs' maybe sent us a measly 100bucks,..never remembered her bday,christmas,when she grad from HS,Colledge...Nothing...she is 25 now and she calls me her Mother and her Father...Yesterday the first text message of the day was from her saying 'Happy fathers day Mom'... and then she brought me a really nice candle and we had dinner togeather.... She has had some wonderful 'other' men in her life as good role models for her... she is level headed, smart, and going to be somthing 'great'...(yes, Im her Mom, I get to say that)....
Its funny though, I raised her all those yrs with no help and she never went with out.... Suddenly in the past 6/7 months her Father has started calling and wanting to reconnect....to meet her....Her reaction is "WHY"?.... and she has no desire to see him or meet him....she wants nothing to do with him....and wish that he would stop calling.....
I do however love hearing about the wonderful Dads out there, and I know many... So the good stories are nice to hear.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, June 21, 2010 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Aw, that's so sweet, Chewpito, that she thinks of her Mom as the best Dad she ever had and remembers her Mom-Dad on Father's Day. So true, so true.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 6:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
RN Chewi is such a grand gal with a big heart so it's no wonder her daughter (who is also terrific!) recognizes that and really appreciates her.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 8:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
RN I just have to sing 'OLE, OLE, OLE, OLE'. Thanks. The contractors here at work didn't appreciate my celebration dance when the US won today. Of course they prolly didn't know since I was listening and peeking on my cell phone. :D

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
RN LOL LadyT

Naja
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06-28-2003

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
RN I just realized it's been about a year and half since I have had to change a single light bulb in my kitchen. That's when we switched to the curly long lasting ones. There are a total of 8 bulbs in the fixtures in my kitchen.

Rissa
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03-19-2006

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
RN, just experienced my first earthquake!!!! I am about 30 minutes outside Toronto where they are evacuating some bldgs but otherwise apparently no problems. Radio is saying it was felt as far away as Ottawa. My equilibrium is off, like a head rush from standing up too fast and it's lasted about 5 minutes so far. Anyone experience that from an earthquake or maybe I just have heat stroke. LOL

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
I didn't feel it, Rissa, but lots of people here felt it. I'm in Windsor. I have felt one, once before..and felt rather like you said, like I stood up too fast, but I was sitting. That was quite a few years ago, though.


Sorry for the run-on sentence.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
RN I am in Boston and they said some people felt it but I was not one of them.

Rissa
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03-19-2006

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 4:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
RN, mother nature is not having a good day. A Tornado just lit less then 30 minutes from my cottage, the town (Midland) has declared a state of emergency and my cottage (or that area) is under a red alert for further tornado activity. Maybe someone is trying to send a message that the G20/G8 is not welcome here. :-)

RN (ps): I heard that someone tweeted that because of the earthquake Harper's *fake lake* is under a tsunami warning. (Ontarians will get that joke)

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
RN RN That's to make up for missing it when I posted to Rissa. We are under a tornado watch RN. Leamington, a small city..large town near to me, got hit by a tornado last week. Mother Nature is really having a bad day!

I get the P.S. LOL (I guess...I hate thinking of all the money being wasted for that stuff) (fake lake, not security)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
RN does it worry anyone else when they get an email from their spouse that just says, "I need a blank check!"

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
RN it would not worry me because I do not have a spouse

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
RN, lol! That might worry me even more, spouse you don't have asking for a blank check.

Darren called a minute ago to explain, company says he owes them $40 from his business trip, but boss came down and told him it was some kind of accounting error and we'll get the money back. I'll have to get the full story when he gets home.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Friday, June 25, 2010 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
RN DH and I just finished putting together a set of patio furniture, and we didn't get into a fight!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, June 25, 2010 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
RN I'm thinking it's chocolate martini time! (Even if it isn't 5pm yet and even if I am still s'posed to be working!)