Joe Cocker..............

[Kevin]

LOL LOL!!!! I don't think there is a question really.. I don't remember why I drew that and posted it so very very long ago. I'm sure that it was for some smarty pants type of thing .. and there may have been a question attached to it in some way or maybe a story of some kind.. but I don't know what it was. If you remember something of it.. tell me and perhaps it will jar my memory to the point of knowing just what and why I did that. To be honest..... I flip so much crap both here and in real life that I do have a hard time remembering a lot of it. It's like.......... my mind is constantly on the move it that kind of way. Not to brag.... but I have a very quick wit that I got from my dad. And I gotta tell ya.. when my dad was alive and we were together...... no one was safe from our mouths. It was a period time in my life that I will NEVER forget.......... hangin with him at his automotive machine shop and tossin words at each other and anyone that happened to walk in.. or past.. lol!! I guess I'm typing this part of this because I'm sittin here looking at a photo of him sitting in his Model A with a big smile on his face and thinkin that it's coming up on the anniversary of his death soon.. Though he has been gone way too many years.. I do think of him daily. His wit and his wisdom.. his kindness to all... a lover of dogs.. just a good man all the way around. I do wish he were still here...... I sure could use his words now at this stage of my life. I could use his smile and of course...... I certinly could use his laughter. lol... I get a HUGE smile just thinkin of some of the stuff we did.. the words spoken.......... the miles we created of others along the way... awesome.

[Traci]

Awww, Kev, I miss my dad too, he was one in a million...

(((Hugs)))

[Mary Plummer]

...reading it, and it makes me think of my own father. He gets a whole lot of the credit/blame for my own "goofiness," and i hope I've thanked him enough for it over the years. At one point, we went through a phase where we were making goofy rhymes about almost anything, and he gave what has become a classic Dad statement: "The English language was meant to be played with." I'm not sure I'll ever get old enough to feel like I will ever be able to do it as well without my parents as I can with them.

[jason]

Hey that one in particular wasn't my idea!! Most of the filters were Jason's idea, must be a guy thing! 8-[

word censors have been modified to allow some non-offensive occurances of the word in question....

a guy thing huh?

[Marty]

He passed on 3 years ago at 80. He nicknamed me Marty instead of Martha. Guess he did't like it any more than I did...Mom still calls me Martha Jean. I miss his twinkling eyes, and I miss having fun-loving altercations with him. But I am sure glad he was my Dad! All of us who had wonderful Dads, can just give thanks that we had them. I wish it could be the same for everyone, especially these days.

[Kevin]

Coolness. I didn't think that I would get the type of comments I did about others dads. MAJOR coolness!! 20 some years ago, My dad and I restored my 57 Plymouth. Of course I still have the car and always will. Though it's kinda in pieces right now, I will be driving it again way before the end of summer. When I look at it, I see the imperfections that others don't even notice. It truly is a beautiful ride. The imperfections will stay. Dad and I did that so it's ok. We built the car for me.. not for anyone else. Eveytime I look at or work on that car, my dad is with me. lol... odd... but I pulled the motor out of it on Thanksgiving evening. The day before that, I started the car and drove it up the road for the first time since 1999. When I got back with it that day, I ran it in the garage and started taking the motor apart to pull it out. SO very strange... it was warm and I had SUCH a feeling that my dad was there with me. It really was an emotional thing for me. I felt so..... connected that day.
A few days ago, I took some photos of that car with me to the place I got my tattoo a few weeks ago and asked the tattoo police if he could put that on my right arm. Yep.. he can. I went back last night to have it done but he had not had time to do the drawing yet... tomorrow he probably will and if so... on my right arm goes the car. I know.. some of you may be thinkin.. "that goofball Kevin".... lol... I don't care. Odd perhaps but I'm going to get it done. And I know that everytime I see it on me that I'll think of dad.
Mary Plummer... you are one lucky person to still have your dad. If I were you.. I'd pick up the phone right now and tell him you love him. When you mentioned the rhyming........ my dad and I did that a LOT!! lol lol! It drove a lot of people nuts.. that's one of the reasons we did it.lol lol
Dad also had a small airplane. We usd to fly out over the San Juan Islands on a clear evening and just shot the bull and gaze in awe of the sights. I remember one time dad tells me.. here you fly this thing for a while. I asked him how many wheels does this thing have? 3 was the answer. I said.. no way. It there's not at least 4 wheels I aint drivin. LOL LOL!! The memories are so cool........ no? :)

[Traci]

I agree, for those who still have dads, call them and tell them you love them with all your heart. And, take them out to dinner or do something extraordinary for him, after all, he created you, walked you through life and picked you up so many times even though you never knew it

Thanks for the walk down memory lane, Kev.

[k9Karen]

And and can't add anything to what Kevin and Traci have said - if your dad is still here, call him now, for he will be gone too soon.

Come to think of it, I think I'll go call my mom, and email my brothers to see what we can cook up for Mommy's day

Reminder - Mother's day is one week away!!