Long Bike, long thoughts. June 15, 2008
Posted by anton in : Observations , trackbackIt’s Fathers Day and I miss him horribly. Was out for a 4 hour bike ride today…spinning around the park getting in some miles and thinking about Dad. Not the whole time but, he kept drifting in and out of my thoughts. There is just to much to remember…and as I get older I know I’ve forgotten some things but I try and recall what I do remember from time to time. To forget even one little bit is a disservice to him.
He was a product of his generation and the depression and of course the War. I would have liked to have know him before he went to fight in the snow and cold. I wonder if we would have liked each other. He was hard at times. How could he not be. No one comes back from experiences like he had and is the same person…He moved on and maybe had to re-invent himself or maybe he was re-invented even though he didn’t want to be.
“Tell me I’m a good man, tell me I lived a good life.” the old Private Ryan says to his wife at the end of the movie.
Dad was. He did.
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Your father was proud to say “This is my son.” No greater tribute. Yes, I understand the thought of knowing him before he was our father. However, then he wouldn’t have been our dad. Through good times and bad…he was just that…our dad.
HUGS