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I've never made any type of memorial, site or otherwise beyond a shelf here at home with personal items that belonged to my father and grandmother but since having found members of my father's extended family, I thought it would be nice to create a web page in his memory for them to see.
Please tell me what you think of it, if it lacks something (his name or other personal information will never be posted simply because I am on AOL and family members finding me know where I came from~NOT Hell, Horatio! [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) or if it has "too much" of something (although there is really little there). EDIT2: The link to efolkmusic.com is connected to a guy I wrote to asking permission to keep his link there for as long as his MP3 "Dad's Medley" is available for free. It is sweet. :D I haven't heard from him yet (at the time of this edit it has only been a few hours since i sent the request out) but if it stays around for a little while its all cool, but if it is gone by, let's say next week, he said no can do. At any rate, it won't be there forever. [img]smile.gif[/img] Thank you for your time! In Loving Memory [ 07-25-2002, 07:30 AM: Message edited by: Moni ] |
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Hey, I have viewed this site, and if you wanna do it, no one's gonna stop you. I'm sure that your family will think it a loving gesture. Carry on. Edit: No, it doesn't lack anything if you don't want it to. Put as much on there as you like. Bear in mind, people won't mind if you don't put personal details on there. And remember, that is, after all, what they are: personal. [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 07-24-2002, 07:42 AM: Message edited by: Horatio ] |
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</font>[/QUOTE]Don't make me cry! Thanks for your support otherwise! [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] |
<font color="#00CC99">You obviously have great respect for your elders and that is great. Your a fantastic person for even THINKING of doing such a thing! *thumbs up*</font>
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<font color="plum">Very Nice...and very touching, <font color="dodgerblue">Moni</font>
It reminds me to enjoy the time I have with my father...but more importantly to MAKE time for my children. It's so easy to tell them that I will play with them "in a little while" rather than right now. They only grow up once, and they do it very quickly. Thank you for reminding me of what is REALLY important in this life.</font> |
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Deathbringer,
Thank you! [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] Cerek the Barbaric *smiles* I am glad it was of some inspiration to you! Definitely give your parents a hug when you see them because missed opportunities just suck! (I was going to surprise my dad for Father's Day by showing up on his doorstep...it would have been the first time I'd seen him in 17 years and he died without warning two weeks before I was scheduled to leave!) Always cherish the moments you have but never regret the ones you don't, and remember, no matter how fast your kids grow up, in your heart they are always going to be your little ones! :D [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] Redblueflare, Thank you! I considered listing his accomplishments but I didn't know how to keep it from looking like an obituary and I wouldn't have had the room lol...he was so educated, so talented, so capable of doing anything. He taught us to never depend on other people for things we can do ourselves and as a result, I too know plumbing, electronics, carpentry, brick-laying & mechanics...gardening, landscaping, pruning & planting...still his knowledge in these realms and others far surpassed my own and included things I would never dream of delving into like tracking (animals, and people if need be), water-witching, welding, building cars, motorcycles, and go-carts from the ground up, racing hydroplanes and making innovative items to do one job while you do another (he had an automatic, electric hack-saw to cut pipes with and a walking sprinkler years before they were market items). If I sat here and thought hard enough, I am sure I could come up with more lol! Not to mention that he owned and operated a kitchen cabinet/bathroom vanity company (out of our huge garage) before retiring to sail the Gulf of Mexico for 5 years and then settling down in FL! :D Anyway, I am glad that you thought the site to be *sweet* :D and if you really feel that it needs more, don't hesitate to say so! [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] |
<font color = lightgreen>I think it's [img]graemlins/awesomework.gif[/img] that you had a father who inspired such creativity in you. To those of you who have/had good fathers--count your blessing.
I think your site is just fine and done in really good taste. [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img] </font> |
Thank you Azred!
[img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] Well I am off to round up the kitties (like I have to actually round them up lol...its breakfast-time and all I have to do is open the door)...dogs need fed too and I have some major cooking to do today so I'll see you all later! Thank you all again! *hugs* [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] |
You did good Moni, I think your dad would be proud and honored to know that he inspired you so. I know what you mean by lost moments,
my mom died when I was 17, I left for the weekend and was going to give her a hug and kiss goodbye but she was napping, and when I got back from my trip she had all but passed on. I was the last to see her alive in the hospital, stopped by after school to see her then left for the post office to get some stamps for my dad, by the time I cam e back she went into cardiac arrest and was gone. Now my dad has cancer and I go over there every weekend almost and help him out around the house. So yes cherish your moments with your loved ones because you never know when fate will change your plans. Sorry Moni I dont mean to detract from what you did here, I just had to write this as a form of cleansing for my self. You did good. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] |
Hi Moni! Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I haven't been around much for several weeks and I just saw this.
I think this site was a very nice gesture and very pleasantly designed. And it is as you said, a site dedicated in loving memory, and not overly done as if it were some kind of shrine. [ 07-24-2002, 10:35 AM: Message edited by: The.Relic ] |
Great thought Minno, typical you again. :D Not much left of that bully, is there ? [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]
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Elif Godson,
*HUGS* Thank you! In no way, shape, or form did you detract from what I was doing here...for one, if it feels better to say it, let it out! And for 2, if more people read this kind of testimony from more people, they are likely to believe it. My dad has been gone for 2 years and there will be times for the rest of my life when I'll cry because I so needed that hug! He wasn't the best dad in the world, my mom made it hard for him to be in his own house so there were years after I was 6 that we only saw him when he came to take us on vacation, camping, or to Bluegrass Festivals, or just on weekends, or in the worst couple of years, just as he pulled out of the driveway after opening the door and throwing in a wad of money so that mom could take care of us...during all those years his shop was in Cincinnati so he never lost out on his business at least. Had he been the best dad in the world he would have kicked her sorry ass to the curb long before she ever took us and left him in peace lol. But when he was there, and after she left him, I could not have asked for a better (or funner) friend than he was too me. We didn't live too far away so I could walk the 8 mile round trip when I had her permission and thankfully, she threw me out when I was 15 and I got to spend my latter teenage years living with him. He was a good man and I know he loved me...that means everything in the world to me. :D The.Relic *HUGS* [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] It is so nice to see you again! Thank You So Much and Thank You for stopping in today! I am glad we didn't miss the opportunity to tell each other hello! I was listening to some Blues a little bit ago and I think my dad would like Blues more than Bluegrass...I know he picked the blues more often than he played Bluegrass (mostly becuase he'd play guitar anytime and when he was without accompanyment, he'd pick the blues. :D ) So far, I can't really find any bluegrass that isn't so "upbeat" and there are plenty of Blues tunes that aren't upbeat but that won't bring you down either...I'll have to see, esp since I just got an e-mail from a guy that hooked me up with links to Blues and Bluegrass that will give me a wide range of choice. I really do want to get some sound hooked up on the site so that I can pull down that last paragraph...it just looks like an advertisement. :D johnny, *HUGS* Thank you too! LOL I keep telling Horatio that I am not evil but he just won't believe me...there is so little bully left that I've turned into one of those people that are so nice you just hate them LOL...even I make me sick somedays! ;) btw, Horatio...I wasn't really going to cry earlier because you called me a liar when I said I'm not from Hell! I hope I didn't scare you away and please accept these better late than never (?) smilies; ;) [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D To All Of You, Thank You All Very Much! (See, there's that ooze of sugar again...ick!) ;) [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] [ 07-24-2002, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: Moni ] |
Moni, you thought that I didn't stay because I thought you'd cry?!?!?!?! :D :D :D
I wouldn't stay away even if that was true. Ya know why? cos I'm a big bully! :D Satan's chauffeur :D |
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I am glad that you didn't stay away and it is OK that you are a bully, you know why? Because some day, you'll grow up too! (nah nah nah nah nah!) [img]tongue.gif[/img] Satan's chauffeur...LOL...I'm telling you dude! That's my sister! |
yeah, well...yeah, well...AHHHHH!!!
*goes off in tears* Bloody Devil-Spawn... [img]tongue.gif[/img] |
Awww!!!!
Did I make the little bully cry?! Come here, wittle baby, let me give you a little smoochy woochy on your itty bitty wittle cheek to make you feel all better. OK I admit it! I'm Devil Spawn! But its from my mother's side of the family! Really! I'm not from Hell! So there [img]tongue.gif[/img] [ 07-24-2002, 02:24 PM: Message edited by: Moni ] |
I KNEW IT!!!
Get it! Kill it! Aw, screw this, I need a beer. |
Does this mean I win? ;) [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D
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*cough*HellChild*cough* [img]tongue.gif[/img] |
Horatio-1
Moni-0 [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] |
How very sweet!
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Thank you dizzy!
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Hey, Moni, should'nt you be using the [img]graemlins/firedevil.gif[/img] and not the [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img]
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You just don't learn do you?
I'm taking your point. Horatio-0 Moni-1 [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] |
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Wait, not having that point hurts...give it back, or I'll tell my mother! [img]tongue.gif[/img] |
Go ahead and tell your mother, I'll just sic mine on her! Wait, my mom wouldn't be that nice to me!
OK, go ahead and tell your mom...you still don't get the point. (Get it? Don't get the point?) heh heh heh heh heh *sits back to watch Horatio comtemplate this one for a while* ;) [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] |
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Actually, I'm not gonna get into parent battles with ya. It'll turn into 'My Dad is Bigger Than Your Dad', and I don't think that my Dad'll wanna go toe-to-toe with Satan. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Horatio-2 Moni-1 |
Your dad is probably bigger than my dad...my dad is a pile of ashes in an urn in my evil brother's closet.
Besides, your dad would have to go through my mother to get to Satan and he ain't man enough! If by chance you were calling my dad Satan, not only are you wrong, but you are WRONG. Horatio-minus342354356232434573987698374698376983769837693 76 Moni-plus9897567684893923734758692384897295798359827582 754927409289275 EDIT: [img]tongue.gif[/img] [ 07-24-2002, 05:32 PM: Message edited by: Moni ] |
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Horatio-Infinity+1 [img]tongue.gif[/img] Moni-0 [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D |
LMAO!
Moni crowns Horatio champion! *bonk* ;) [img]tongue.gif[/img] |
heheh...
I'll never let you forget this... [img]tongue.gif[/img] |
heh heh heh Whatever made you think I would ever think you ever would?
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Hey, is this cool or what? I've got a family friend (younger than me but played guitar with my brother and my dad :D ) in YM right now and he tells me he wrote a song in tribute to my dad called "El Gaucho" (my dad would get a kick out of the title lol)....anyway he is hooking me up with either the file or a link I can put on my site...I hope it sounds cool! I am definitely going for an instrumental piece that will actually play on the site but still, a link to his song will bring him closer to heart if you know what I mean...he is so much like a member of our family...I know my dad would like it too. :D
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Hi Moni, I gather much has happened since I last had the time to read the board(and the working comp)
I think the site is a noble and fitting thing to do, from what you have said about your father, he sounds like the quintessential rennaissance man, a position that I ever aspire to... [img]smile.gif[/img] Amanda and I are attending the family reunion/wedding this week in nd, she is finally realizing just how big her family is on her dad's side when i drew the family tree starting with 46 aunts and uncles...*whew*....it is important to live each day and treat each person as if it may be the last time...we are all only human, and good and bad days are guaranteed as the sunrise and set...yet we may, by consistent contact and care, make sure that those important to us know it so that even if the last words we had that day are harsh....because they will know that even if we are not able to take those words back in person ever again, we would have if we had been able to come back. from the way you speak of your father, I know that is the kind of relationship you had with him...he knew how you felt, now is the difficult task of passing that on to the next generation. I hope things are going well, and also to return b4 the end of the summer, but if not,take care, and remember to treat yourself as well as others - you deserve it! [img]smile.gif[/img] |
Hi J.J.!
I am so sorry I missed you this morning! Now that your computer is working again, I hope we get to see you around here more often! So much has happpened for me in just the last few days! :D I found my grandfather and grandmother's name in a database at ancestry.com and through my dad's side of the family, I now have more relatives than I could even begin to count! Good people too LOL! It is all so alien to me to come across so many good people and to know that they are family at the same time! I am loving it! I am so glad that you like the site I put up for my dad! I just now got back from updating it with a beautiful Bluegrass number and links to the people who provided me with the music...talk about good people...I am not even related to them and they reached out across the country to offer themselves bent over backward if I needed any help! I am giddy with joy right now LOL...not to mention that I still haven't gone to bed, but I know the giddiness is total joy at what true love there really is out there in the world. :D I hope you have a blast at your family reunion! The last one I attended was well over 30 years ago and it was mostly my mother's family. It is not very likely though that I will attend any reunions with my father's extended family since they are almost all on the east coast...it will be a few years before I am able to go to one at least. You know, you could not speak truer words about caring for one another! I do have some more direct relatives that I maintain constant good relations with in spite of the distances in land that keep us separated. Not only is it a comfort to me to know they are there, but I know it works both ways and that they love to hear me tell them that I love them. We always look forward to our telephone reunions. :D As far as my mother is concerned (in case you wondered after reading this thread lol) she just refuses to allow me to have any kind of good relationship with her and is hell bent on destroying the good relationships I have with other family members...that way she never has to look at me or hear my name spoken. There are a few that haven't follow her lead and it is a mystery to us how she can lead people around by the nose and make them be downright cruel just because she wants them to be. *shudders* She knows I love her in spite of herself though lol...sometimes I think that is what gets to her the most (no, I know what gets to her the most is that I look like my dad). ;) [img]smile.gif[/img] Everything really is going great on my end and I hope so on yours as well! It was really nice to see you here J.J. and I hope you come back soon! Don't stay gone so long if you can help it! [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] |
<font color="lightblue">Very touching [img]smile.gif[/img]
I didn`t think even the most sweet, caring, human beings were capable of making such a sweet memorium as this, much less making it 2 years after the fact. Thank you for opening my eyes, Moni [img]smile.gif[/img] </font> |
LennonCook,
Thank You! [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img] |
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