r|break: ... remembering my dad

a bit of a personal day today - with a sprinkle and dash of out & about ... today my dad would have been 78 yrs old. about 6+ years ago, my dad died. i flew up from san diego in the early eve - a flight that was, needless to say, difficult on so many levels.

i received that phone call ... in april 2002. my sister-in-law called in the late afternoon telling me my dad had a heart attack. paramedics rushed my dad to the hospital, my mom and a friend of hers followed the ambulance, and my brother was heading across the bridge to meet my mom at the hospital. less than 2 hours after i received that phone call, i received a second phone call telling me my dad died in the hospital.

not that it takes his birthday for me to set aside "remembering dad" moments ... i certainly feel his presence and always appreciate the memories i have and those memories that my family and friends share. yet his birthday does mark the obvious passage of time - a benchmark of where my family, friends and i are and where we have been without may dad physically present in our lives and with my dad spiritually present in our lives.

here i share the april 23, 2002 eulogy
remembering my dad