WITH ME ALWAYS

 

TO FATHERS, One and All, Be Blessed Today

1947 ~ 2012

ANGEL FOOD CAKE

I imagine you have now passed the time for having "devils food cake" and trust that

for today's birthday celebration you'll have angel food cake!  

No candles on top of course!  Forever young where you now live!

I love you ~ I miss you, all the time.

Happy Happy Birthday Sweetheart

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A Special Day ...

A-Z CHALLENGE, The Letter V, Victor

 April 26

The Letter V

Victor ~ my husband, who crossed his bridge September 18, 2012

The poem below was written less than five months before he passed away.  Surprisingly, it was written during a few weeks time when he felt and looked better than he had in a very long time, and we both thought and believed he was on the road to remission.  This was not to be.

The photograph is from when we first met. 

Although he had dabbled with poetry, and prose throughout his life, it was random and infrequent

 and he had never before written to me, or written about his cancer.

A BIRTHDAY DAY

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HAPPY FATHERS DY

THE SECRET PLACE

Just a few months later,

he moved on to this secret place. 

Though he went alone, a piece of my heart went with him.

REFLECTIONS

REFLECTIONS

Over the next few days I will be reflecting on times past.  Memories.  

Comments will be turned off for now ~ as I cannot think of anyone who, over time,

has not been amazingly generous and thoughtful in sharing words of comfort with me,

and there should be no obligation for anyone to do so yet again. Thank you.

A VERY PERSONAL SUNDAY SELFIE

At this time of year, I find the "light in my attic" shining into some of its darker, dustier corners. It seems not all that long ago my life was downsized from a large home full of the collections of people and pets, marriage, family and life ... what remained was placed into a few small memory boxes, soon thereafter to travel on a moving van northward, as new chapters in my life began ...

"We must let go of the life we have planned, 

      so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."      

Joseph Campbell

In my head-and-heart I tucked away the rest.  Over time, there has been a startling realization about grief.  It may ease,  it does not leave.  What often hurts, what is sad ~ and I now tell myself this, so I will remember it with care and concern for others who live with loss ~ there is the time that arrives when no one else goes up to the attic anymore, no one else turns a light on up there, pushes aside the cobwebs, dusts away the dust ... With the passage of time, the listening ears for your grief move on.  I guess that's OK, life does move on, for all of us.  But right now, for me, memories are sharp, clear, they are not years-ago memories. They are last week, they are yesterday ...

November 2011 

"Let's do a photo of us with Mags and Zoey"  he says.  

"OK" I respond, "and then maybe we can even put in on a Christmas card if I Photoshop some Santa hats on it!"   

Of course, if we actually thought the photo would turn out decently, we might have dressed a little bit better . . .

And of course, had I known it would be the last photo of us, together with the kitties . . .

And of course, had I known it would be our last Christmas together . . .

The Cat On My Head Sunday Selfie Blog Hop

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

 POPPY VIC

Dad, Grandpa and My Guy ~ I love you and miss you so much.

Happy Father's Day!

I LOVE YOU, I MISS YOU

I LOVE YOU

FATHER'S DAY

Kitty love and Poppy love.

MAGGY MONDAY MEMORIES ~ POPPY VIC and MAGGY

The photos above:

2008/2009:   We would take Maggy outside for a "photo shoot".  She'd be very

cooperative, being so excited to look around at the big, wide, wonderful world!

She also knew she was safely held in Vic's strong hands.

I wish now that I had some photos that had "more" Vic in the picture, but he

would always say, "zoom in on Maggy, get her beautiful face!", so I did!

2012:   Though the master bedroom was really Zoey's "territory",

for quite some time after Vic died, 

Maggy claimed this spot on the nightstand.

~ ~ ~

And the photo below:

2010:  and just to lighten the mood a little bit,

Maggy was not always in a "gentle" frame of mind 

when being held and cuddled by Vic (or by anyone for that matter)

as evidenced by the photo below ...

PHOTO HUNT: BIRD ~ and ~ CATURDAY ART

 I've been uploading some really old 35mm slides to my computer lately, among them

was this photo of my dear Vic feeding gulls as we rode the ferry 

from the mainland to Ocracoke Island in November 1975.  Wonderful memories.

Staying with today's "bird" theme, on one of Zoey's recent visits to the Zoo,

she played copy-cat in the aviary ... it's just photoart fun!

DECEMBER 27

LOVE

You're always in my heart, every moment of every day.