*QOTW* 2/29/2009

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*QOTW* 2/29/2009
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Sun, 02-08-2009 - 8:51pm

Do you have one person to whom you still look up to?





Edited 2/9/2009 5:47 pm ET by champagneonice
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Sun, 02-08-2009 - 8:57pm
I do have someone that I still look up to. Maybe I should rephrase that to read, I DID have someone that I still look up to, but although my dad is gone now, I still try to be like him, to never forget what he taught me, and to give back to my loved ones what he gave to me. He was my knight in shining armor, my hero. He was good and kind and never had an enemy. He was quick to forgive and he never held a grudge against anyone. His love for me - his only daughter - was so plain to see and FEEL. Though he's been gone for a long while, I still miss him acutely.



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Mon, 02-09-2009 - 8:28am

Yes. My parents and a few of their friends.














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Mon, 02-09-2009 - 2:12pm
I sure do!

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Mon, 02-09-2009 - 5:49pm
Aw, Poppy, that's wonderful! Thanks for participating in this weeks QOTW!



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Mon, 02-09-2009 - 5:51pm
You're coming by is much appreciated, Amyd! Your post warmed my heart! I've never had a close relationship with my mother and I'm in awe of anyone who has a good relationship with theirs.



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Mon, 02-09-2009 - 9:31pm

LOL, I always giggle at the way you post my name, like it's all one word like that instead of Amy D.

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Tue, 02-10-2009 - 2:58pm

Unfortunately, no.

Terri

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Tue, 02-10-2009 - 3:21pm
Sad to say, I really don't.

Molly

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Tue, 02-10-2009 - 7:18pm
As I mentioned somewhere else, once Amyd, always Amyd! *grin*


 

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Tue, 02-10-2009 - 7:21pm

Hi, Terri! Thanks for your particiapation in the QOTW!


My dad passed on several years ago, but my mother is still with us. My paternal grandparents were gone before I was born (I was a late-in-life baby) and my maternal grandfather passed away when I was 13, with my grandmother passing away when I was 19.


 

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