A fathers hands.

Oakie

When we are first born, Those huge, loving hands hold us and comfort us as we come into this world. As the years go by, those hands are there again to pat us on the rear end when we do wrong and again to comfort us.Those hand are there again to teach us how to put the chain back on our bicycle and fix out first car. Then comes graduation day. Dad , with those mighty hands, outstretched to congratulate us on this special day in our lives. They are there once again to give us that pep talk as we are about to walk down the isle with our new bride. A few more years go by and there they are again to hold his new grandchild, with a smile from ear to ear. The years go by and as we look at our fathers hands, we see the scars, wrinkles and age spots. We ponder all of the things that those hands have seen and done for us in our life time.The the tragic day comes, it will be the last time we see or touch those hands again. Our father is gone. We wake up the next morning and walk into the bathroom, We gaze in the mirror and see our fathers face and the man he has created. We look at our own hands and realize, Dad is not gone, he is here, inside me, to pass down to my children. He is forever in us. Our hearts, our souls, our personalities and our hands. A father really never dies, he just goes to heaven to get a room ready for the rest of the family, building it with love and compassion with those amazing hands. Oakie



I wrote this for all of my GunBroker friends that have recently lost their fathers. I wanted you all to know that your father will always be with you. Just go look in the mirror and in the hands that he gave you to build another generation.[;)] God bless all of your fathers. John

WEASEL-88

Nice, my Dad passed away 27 years ago, thanks Oakie.

Don McManus

Nice sentiment, Oakie.

Ditch-Runner

Thanks Oakie
very well done

as silly as it sounds I have thought since I was a young kid the link to me from my father to his father back to the start was the contact with our hands that touched me were also linked to all the long forgotten family that we pass to the next generation . just could never put it in such a nice way [;)]

1BigGuy

Nicely done Oakie.
I know it's coming and there's nothing I can do, but I'm dreading the day. It probably won't be too long now. . . [V]

kabar

I lost my father last year and I think of him all the time when I'm working on my car or doing other things that we would do together. I can still see his hands & face with the pieces of coal embedded under the skin from when he worked in the mines.

searcher5

Thanks, my friend. Good words.

Dan

jar

very nice Oakie, its all very true, painfully true! but still very good summary of the passing down our fathers lessons. no matter how big or small they may be we do have them within us!

Bubba Jr.

Thanks Oakie. Last year I was sitting in the barber chair getting a haircut, almost 1 year after my father passed away. The barber swung the chair around, and I was a little startled to see my father's face staring back at me in the mirror. It took me that long to realize that I was the only child that resembled him, and the resemblance was pretty clear. I still think about him every day.

Boats

Thanks You very much for expressing what all of us think but don't have the words to express on the subject of Dads. Mine passed over to the other side 38 years ago and I look forward to seeing him face to face again but you are so right about seeing dad in me when looking in the mirror. Thanks Oakie[^]

Dads3040

Thanks, Oakie. It will be ten years this October that I lost my Dad. It seems both a lifetime ago, and just yesterday.

Next month we will have Cheap Beer with Charlie again. Every year as close to Dad's birthday as we can, we gather and visit with his family and friends.

Dad always thought this high falootin' craft beer was nuts. Blitz Weinhard. Pabst Blue Ribbon. Olympia. All a man needed. So when some visiting is under our belt, and the time is right, we order a few pitchers of the cheapest crap they have, and we toast my Dad. And we have a Cheap Beer with Charlie. I still miss him every day. I lost a part of me I can never regain, I can only remember.

Thanks again, John. To all of you whose dad can still answer the phone, call him for me. Please. While you can.

gjshaw

Thank you Oakie.

YUKON

Thanks John, That was very comforting and so true. I have a picture of me holding Dad's hand as he was on his death bed on January 26 2013.
Ours hands look exactly alike and I see that pic every day
Thanks
Jeff

ChrisStreett

Oakie, excellent piece. Thank you. Though, fortunately, my dad is still with me, I know that inevitable day will come. At 85 he still works a 10-12 hour day, 6 days a week, but I know that which is on the horizon. When that happens, would you mind if I kept this for a reference?

beneteau

Lost my Dad in 1966 at the young age of 50. Still think of him often.

11b6r

Lost my Dad just before Christmas in 1995. He and I still go out on the opening day of dove season each year.

Me and Dad's SxS Fox Sterlingworth.

Oakie

quote:Originally posted by ChrisStreett
Oakie, excellent piece. Thank you. Though, fortunately, my dad is still with me, I know that inevitable day will come. At 85 he still works a 10-12 hour day, 6 days a week, but I know that which is on the horizon. When that happens, would you mind if I kept this for a reference?


Yes you may Chris. I wrote this for everyone to keep and share with their family and friends. I find a lot of comfort in words and thoughts. I love to put pen to paper, even though I am not real good at it. Oakie