Long road ahead...

Original post by Goldi1021

Jul 19, 2005 12:36 AM

I just got off the phone with FH as we are trying to finalize guest lists before the STD's go out. When I made my list, I included my father on it knowing full well he wasn't going to be there. His name had to go on the list because he was still with us when we wrote it. The same list has gone back and forth a few times between FH and myself. As we went over the list together this time over the phone, I saw he had Mom listed alone and I broke down and lost it. I wasn't angry at FH. This is just the way it is now and there is nothing I can do about it.

Daddy is gone only a little over one week. I am not ready to think of Mom as a widow just as she isn't ready to think of herself that way either. We had discussed how we were going to word the wedding invitations with her as Mrs. 'Daddy's first and last name' rather than her first name in order to honor him. A person who has passed cannot invite. We felt that this was best.

Sorry to be so depressing but there isn't anyone else here right now and you guys have always been supportive of me. Continued thanks.

Goldi1021 Posted: Jul 19, 2005 08:36 PM

Re: Long road ahead...

Posted by Mystere
He will still be with you - maybe you would feel better carrying a token or momento - i will carry a crystal flower my great grandma handbeaded in my bo-k in memory of her and my relatives that have passed!!

I have been wearing his WW2 dog tag for some time now and I plan on sewing that inside my dress for my wedding day. He was an American hero and will always be my hero.