I am the only person left in my natal family.
I miss my Dad. I miss him every day.
Right now I miss him, at 5:45 on a Saturday morning.
He was kind and gentle, a simple, but thoughtful person. He always honored my mother, and was so good to me.
He was never too busy to stop what he was doing to answer my questions or to help me see things from a new perspective.
He was soft-spoken and thoughtful, always smiling, always trying to make others smile. He looked for something good to say in virtually any conversation…something affirming.
Other men could have learned a thing or two from him about how to treat other people. I don’t understand why some men or women choose to be so brutally unkind when they could choose not to be. It’s such a pity. My Dad will long be remembered for his kindness. Will you?
When my son, Myles, was born, he sent this message to me.
I taught all of my children these things.
Did you teach them to yours?
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Children from a very young age should be taught that the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West, that if you point your right hand to the East, your face will face North and your back will face South, that the direction of the water in a river is the direction towards the sea, that the Moon rises in the East and sets in the West, that if there is no moon there is a star that indicates the north and your latitude, that the more to the horizon you see the Polar Star, the closer You are from Equator, if you see a bird in the middle of the sea it is because there is land where it flies.
Respect and love for animals, trees, the earth and the elements that give us life.
Let's not let them lose connection.
~ Author Unknown