Posted December 8, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Eveready - All is Well

My father always wore a wristwatch and glanced at it often. He was always on time. When he retired, his company gifted him with a clock. For a good long time, it took a rightful place for prominent display.

When dad died, I brought home one of the two clocks he kept in his […]

Posted July 27, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Hello, Hawk.... Hello, Dad....

She wrote an email message to some family members and a few very close friends:

He’s been on my mind so much this past week, of course, it’s been a year since we were sitting with him while he made his transition. But this morning, very early, I wasn’t asleep, I guess it was […]

Posted May 12, 2022 in Sacred Stories

May 7, 1992

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She was with her husband and a friend when it popped into awareness that this might be the anniversary of her dad’s transition. She went to look up his obituary.

At the exact moment she was telling them that May 7 is the date, a text message from her sister popped […]

Posted March 21, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Birthday Photos

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The daughter of her mom’s friend sent some old photos. In one of the photos were her mom, her dad, and her sister, along with the woman who sent the photos and that woman’s brother. The second photo was a more recent photo of her mom’s friend, who had transitioned April […]

Posted September 14, 2019 in Sacred Stories

Dad’s Love in an Apple

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She had been thinking about her dad a lot lately, especially that morning.

As she stood there in the kitchen and took a bite of her apple, she realized her bite made a heart shape in the flesh.

This was an apple her Dad would have picked up […]

Posted December 29, 2018 in Sacred Stories

“Dad”

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Her dad had lived with her for about 5 months before he passed.

The bedroom set in the guestroom where he stayed, had belonged to his sister.

After he passed, she put a few of his belongings in the bottom drawer, but the handles have since broken off and she cannot get […]