Hi Pat,
It seems that many people are happy that 2009 is over. I don't know that it was really a bad year. You left us at the very beginning, so living the year without you was really hard but you kind of made some good things happen. We all met up with some long time friends that we wouldn't normally have spoken to or seen. More family time, more friend time, more opportunities taken that would have otherwise been delayed or overlooked. I would have liked to be sitting with you on the back porch of the house in Ajijic, Mexico if that had been an option but I remember it. Happy times.
January 5th will be a year. I often wonder what you'd be doing, where you are, hoping you're smiling down on us. Skype me.
Love you.
Happy New Year.
Xochi
Yep this year passed so quickly, at first sort of in a blur. Then as time went bye as Xochi says the good things came in and made us and me aware that life is wonderful, no matter how sad you may be at times. I think the thing most of us realize and miss is that we cannot share things with Pat. Or maybe we do. Something great happens and we tend to turn around wanting to tell him, but then of course know he isn't there. My wish is that he has been able to enjoy everything we have this past year and will continue to do so. He left us with so many wonderful memories and experiences over the forty years we were all together. Forty years is so much more than most people have with the ones they love.
ReplyDeleteHey Gramps,
ReplyDeleteI missed you a lot this christmas. I found myself thinking about you a lot. You always made me laugh but you were at your best playing games at Christmas. Even though I know we wore you out. I was driving to work the other day and just found myself completely and utterly missing you. But I know you are looking down on me. I know that all my good experiences and good times are yours too. You inspire me to live how I want to live and not to regret so thank you. I miss you terribly but keep you with me always in my heart.
Love you Gramps,
Brittany
PS I do your knock kneed jazz dance every chance I get. I did it at work on the unit the other day :)
I know what you mean Brittany.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, you are very good at the knock knee'd dance, glad you can do it so well.
Love,
Xochi
I thought I posted this but don't see it. It is now about a whole year since Pat did his quick exit, surprising us all. He left us so much to remember though and one thing I love that Sally, Tim's wife told me. Little Tim dances like Pat did moving his shoulders just like Pat. I think it is wonderful what Pat left behind and I am sure we will be finding much more as the years go bye. We loved you so very much Pat and hope you are free and laughing.
ReplyDeleteLaurie came in this morning and gave me a hug, we both had tears in our eyes. Pat has been gone a whole year now. I kept waking up last night sort of reliving that night and thinking about how I had to make all the calls to the family. As I have said before the thing I feared most has happened and I am no longer fearful. But another thing I have understood, that I was not alone in losing Pat. He was so much to so many people and each suffered a loss with him leaving. Yet I hope that all, as we closest to him, have the wonderful memories of their time with him. What a wonderful, kind, funny, loving, generous man. It was a gift to be able to spend forty years with him and even tho I miss him, I choose to remember the good times and those were so many. Tally Ho my dear. You will never be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteHi Pat,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say how much we miss you here in Waltham. Hard to believe it's been a year today. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of you. Whenever I try a new recipe I think you would love,like Mom says, I think, got to tell Pat about this one. There' always that thing that myself and the boys think Gramps would have loved this or that's something Gramps would have done. So even though you are not here in body you are here everyday in our lives. Still doesn't feel like your gone, just away.We love you and miss you, Tanya Tom Tyler and Connor