In Loving Memory Of Dad

This is all coming straight from my heart and how I felt for the 35 "GREAT" years of my life with my daddy. I was born August 15,1969. My Brother was born July 14 1978. My Mother was born April 8 1954. My Son "Elmo" was born October 7 1986. My Daughter "Ginger Bread" was born September 12,1990. My Husband "Old Lady's Son-N-Law" was born September 24,1969. My Dad was a loving, caring Son,Dad,Husband,Grandpa,Uncle and Brother of lots of us. He was the type of person he would try to help you any way,shape or form. I had went down my dad's house August 10th on that Thursday because my mom had called me and told me that dad wasn't eating nothing and that I needed to come down and get him to eat or to see if he would go to the hospital for me. "I" was the "ONLY" person that could get my dad to go to the hospital and the "ONLY person that he would listen to. "Of course I was daddy's lil girl". I had listen to my mom and went down there and ask dad to go to the hospital because he looked really bad he was swelled up and didn't look good at all. He told me "NO DAUGHTER LEAVE ME ALONE I DON'T FEEL GOOD". So naturally I started crying. My mom and brother had called the lifesquad prior to me going down there. I told dad you really need to go because your sick dad and he said "NO". Finally on that day he went to the hospital because the Sheriff made him ,he (Sheriff) over ridden the lifesquad the 2nd time around. On August 15 that was my birthday. I had spoken to my dad that very morning on the phone and he sounded to me like he was out of breath,so I told him to put my mom on the phone. Mom had gotten on the phone and said hurry up and come to the hospital they think your dad's organs are shutting down. I had went to pick up my brother and straight to the hospital I went. I was alway's beside my dad when he was in the hospital. He relied on me to tell the nurse when he needed his meds. That very day August 15 my mom said Mark do you know what today is and he said yes the 16th and mom said no today is the 15th Teresa's birthday, dad replied no you better look again. On that day they had taken him to ICU because he was having problems breathing. The doctor informed My mom, brother and myself that there would be a 50/50 chance that he was going to go on lifesupport before the night was up sure enough that is what happened. The people in ICU Nurses and Doctors told us that he wouldn't make it past 11pm on August 15th which was my birthday. On August 16th dad's "GREAT" nurse came into the room and asked me how my dad looks and I said good, she said "No" hunny he doesn't his liver has shut completely down and told my Uncle which is my dad's brother to go and call the family in. I can truthfully say from the bottom of my heart that he was telling us the day was the 16th when it wasn't, but I say that dad didn't want me to have a bad birthday and that he was going to leave me on the 16th. That is exactly what happened. I went in the room with my dad when they took the lifesupport off of him, my husband,chaplin and dad's nurse "Sue" were the only one's in the room with me at that time."I told dad I loved him". The nurse said hunny are you ok and I said "Oh My God" my dad just took his last breath and she said ok hunny I'm going to take his blood pressure, she did and he was gone his heart line went flat, then the heart thing went "Beep" "Beep" "Beep" and his lips turned blue. I know my dad truely wanted me at his bedside when he died because I was alway's there for him.
"I Will Truely Miss You Dad"
Love You,
Teresa

Daddy's Little Girl

He always had that special smile
The one that was just for me
And all the hugs that he could give so easily to me

Pretending to fall asleep so he would carry me to bed
The soft kiss goodnight that said "I love you" without words
The excitement when the car pulled into the driveway,
running and yelling
his name; "daddy's home"
The hug that lifted me off the ground

Sitting quietly while he read the paper
Waiting for the time when he would talk,
He would tell me of his day,and I would be so interested;
even though I didn't understand what he was talking about

As I grew older our time together changed
Sometimes it was just the two of us having conversations and comfortable silences
Sitting on the back porch on a quiet evening
We talked of nothing,
We talked of everything
It didn't really matter as long as we were together

My daddy was a special man maybe not to everyone;
but to me he was everything;good and kind and wonderful

I miss him so very much
I miss those quiet evenings on the porch
I miss his quiet kiss goodnight
I miss the smell of him as he carried me to bed
I miss being his little girl...
Even though I'm all grown up
I'll always be "Daddys Lil Girl"
I love you daddy wherever you are...