Posted by ClearSkies on August 29, 2006, at 10:24:00
In reply to My father died recently ..., posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:23:08
Janelle, I'm sorry for your loss. When my dad died of cancer in 1985, I felt the same intense sense that he was still with me.
That feeling diminished, and it frightened me. I thought that I had lost touch with him and his presence. That he had wandered away from me.Now I see it differently. That he wanted to watch over me very closely at first, to hold me as closely as he could from where he was. And now he has seen that I have gone on with my life, and that I don't need as close a connection as I once did.
Lovely things have happened since, though.
Every now and then, I get glimpses of what I believe to be him. In the way I appreciate a certain meal, or a particular book or movie, or even places I go or things I do. When he comes into my thoughts at those times, I am reassured that he is still with me.ClearSkies
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