Harper Valley

What I'm learning is that it's amazing the stuff your kids remember about you, and how they remember it.

Having my oldest, who is now 13, remember me sticking up for something when the going was tough sometime down the road would put me on the top of the world which is what you did for your Dad.

Thanks scout for the comment over at my place.

It's stuff like this that I really enjoy most about the bloggodome.

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hey, thanks to you for opening my heart today! my dad would far rather have had me tell him my story then receiving a card or present (which i wouldn't do anyways, i'm allergic to mail).

13. sheesh. i remember our girl at that age.....she was monosyllabic so never would have told me anything i did for her!!! ;you're lucky to have a kid that would say something cool like that. at 23 her hormones are no longer going zig-zag and she's turned out to be a delightful young woman.

being new to blogging, yours is the first story i've encountered with that heartfelt warmth we all need a dose of ....every day actually! glad to hear it takes place in bloggersville where we wear our crying hearts behind our anger and humour :)
 

nice words whiz, your style reaches the heart. hey blame it all on gazeteer, his post on his dad is what inspired me!!!!

it's great to know so many bloggers of all races are people who understand aboriginal issues and speak out about them and take action.

indians were never supposed to be drafted, according to law. a lot were, many volunteered. many reserves had more land stolen from them by the govt. while so many of the men were away .
the horrors of war are one things, but to volunteer or be illegally drafted then receive no compensation or have your land stolen is beyond compreshension. any minority usually gets put on the frontlines....blacks , hispanics, indians and 'white trash' in the u.s..

you can email me at scout_vagabond@yahoo.ca

keep setting your own example !!!!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!
 

Scout, you wrote a heartwarming tribute to your Dad. Because of him, you have such deep humanistic values and sense of fairness, justice, equality. As we know, parents -- biological or adoptive -- are the main role models for children, and as such, play a crucial role in shaping and instilling our core values. Your Dad obviously did very well with you that regard, as did Cheezwhiz's Dad.

I read Gazetteer's tribute linked here too. He also was lucky enough to have a father with a social conscience. I did too.

My Papa (coming from Europe, most of us called our fathers 'Papa') died almost three years ago. He died suddenly, tragically, from an accident (fell down the narrow spiral staircase leading down to his home office), hitting his head on the spot where he had a piece of brain tissue removed years before due to meningitis which left a vulnerable soft spot). Papa was rushed to hospital in a comatose state, from which he never recovered. This tragedy still causes me so much pain that I find it very difficult to write these words... I flew to Germany that summer almost 3 years ago, in a state of shock and utter despair. He was a humanitarian and environmentalist, with a very big social conscience. At his funeral, I met many people who told me of the numerous ways he helped make his corner of the world a better place... Even though I was separated from my Papa for much of my growing-up and adult life, the important things he instilled in me when I was a little girl were always with me... And now that he is gone, I still 'talk' to him regularly in my solitary times, and ask what he would do.... Often, the answers come...

I agree with what Cheezwhiz says about the Caledonia events and the local/mainstream media's incorrect reporting and spin.... It makes my heart so heavy to hear so much hatred, which I read on some other sites, in letters, etc. I had naively thought that Canada was beyond such bigotry and ignorance. Sadly, I was very wrong...

Sorry, I can't write any more just now, as my eyes are burning with unshed tears and my heart is heavy....

"Oh mine Papa, to me he was so wonderful, oh mine Papa, I miss him oh so much...."

(Could you imagine how different all of us may have turned out had our Dads been bigoted, self-rightous Harpie types? )
 

gee annamarie, that's so sad about your papa. i hope the pain has subsided over the last few days.

don't know about parents and all that......there's lots of people who somehow innatley kept their hearts and developed their conscience despite bigoted or harpy type parents.

hmmm, i'll try to make a keyboard kleenex for you:

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gee annamarie, that's so sad about your papa. i hope the pain has subsided over the last few days.

don't know about parents and all that......there's lots of people who somehow innatley kept their hearts and developed their conscience despite bigoted or harpy type parents.

hmmm, i'll try to make a keyboard kleenex for you:

{ } <----well, not quite :)
 

Thanks, both of you for the kleenex. Believe it or not, it has helped.... (And sorry for getting so emotional back there...)

Yes, some kids turn out good in spite of their harpy-type (hh, as in hippo-hippo :) parents. I guess it's because of the in spite of .... they see what not to be...
 

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