DAD

whenever I speak your name;

Dad...so many images come to mind

It seems without you in my life

things have never been the same.

What happened to those lazy days

when I was just a child;

When my life was consumed in you

in your love, and in your smile.

What happened to all those times

when I always looked to you;

No matter what happened in my life

you could make my gray skies blue.

Dad, some days I hear your voice

and turn to see your face;

Yet in my turning...it seems

the sound has been erased.

Dad, who will I turn to for answers

when life does not make sense;

Who will be there to hold me close

when the pieces just don't fit.

Oh, Dad, if I could turn back time

and once more hear your voice;

I'd tell you that out of all the dads

you would still be my choice.

Please always know I love you

and no one can take your place;

Years may come and go

but your memory will never be erased.

Today, Jesus, as You are listening

in your home above;

Would you go and find my dad

and give him all my love. _________________________________________________________________________

DON'T GRIEVE FOR ME

Don't grieve for me,

for now I'm free

I'm following the path

God laid for me.

I took His hand when

I heard His call

I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day,

to laugh, to love, to work or pray.

Tasks left undone

must stay that way,

I found that peace at

the close of day.

If my parting has left a void,

Then fill it with remembered joy.

Perhaps my time has

seemed all too brief,

Don't lenghten it now

with undue grief.

Lift up your hearts,

and share with me

God wanted me now,

He set me Free.

It was so hard to watch you lay and suffer the way you did Daddy. Not to be able to talk or tell us if you were in pain....Not to let us know what you were thinking.....Daddy I never told you this but you were the BEST DADDY a girl could ever wish for....And How Proud I am that you were and always will be .....MY DADDY.....We all Love and Miss You so Much....Mommy is lost without you....Beatrice will never be the same.....and Me......I wish I could've gone home with you...Someday Daddy God will call me to come home too and then I'll get to see you....Take Care of Barry Daddy.....Mommy said she knew you would.....I LOVE YOU DADDY!!! WE ALL LOVE YOU! I'm sorry I couldn't do more for you and all the times I didn't understand what you were trying to say....I hope you forgive me anyway....Daddy I would've gave my life for you....Just so you could still be with Mommy....You will always be in our hearts and our minds and in our memory's

Mommy (Augustine)....The Walters...Beatrice, Tommy, Shelley and Jennifer....The Knuths...Rita and Douglas....And all your Brother's and Sister's

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