My dad died in Feb. of 1971

MrSmith1 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:10:21 +0000

In reply to Nectarines are better, you

My dad died in Feb. of 1971 and the age of 57. I had just turned 20. In my forties, it saddened me to realize that I had now been alive longer without my dad than with him, and then, a few years ago, I realized that I was now older than he ever got to be, so even if I wanted to, there were no footsteps of his for me to follow.

I recently came across a brief video of a super 8 movie of my family at Xmas 1970, my dad's last Xmas. He was dying of cancer. It was so odd to see him again in something other than my memory or an old photo, and so weird to realize that my now nearly 94 year old mother was younger in that film clip than I am now.

Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) in GOING MY WAY: "When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he’d learned in three years."

I realize Der Bingle is no Fulton Sheen, but the quote seemed appropriate.

Nectarines are better, you

Richard Day — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:19:15 +0000

In reply to Yet another Friday afternoon at the Haiku-lodeon

Nectarines are better, you can eat the peel without gagging.

I am older now,
than my father got to be.
Where's my role model?

I have been thinking this for two decades and more since Dad died so young.

It is funny thinking about how young and foolish your own father was? Is it not?

I'm watchin Sheen again by the way. He stops in the middle of a riff, then stumbles and cries out:

Oh, I really fouled up that joke.

And then he stands with his back to the audience staring at his blackboard!

JMJ

The guy was a natural!

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My dad died in Feb. of 1971

Nectarines are better, you