I just won the ebay auction posted above - so I have the cup. THANKS GUYS!
Dad died on the 20th of July. He was in ICU for 14 days, then home for seven days of hospice. I took care of all the arrangements, got the family sorted out and then just dropped off the map for a couple of weeks. I've just gotten in the last couple of days where I wake up without the crushing grief. Sometimes I make it hours before it washes over me. It wasn't like that the first 3 plus weeks. Felt like an elephant sitting on my chest everyday all day long. Now at least, the elephant takes a walk now and then.
I've got a couple of things that belonged to him. The first is the car that we built for him (thread below- it's long - real long). The car has always stayed with me. I keep it in a storage unit. Right now, I can't even go by and look at it let alone drive it. This little mixer and a steering wheel make up the remaining items. The steering wheel is the original one from his Freightliner. He put about 2.5 million miles on it before he replace the wheel. The truck got sold with the new wheel. I've got the old one, duct tape and all.
Those of you who have foster or adopted children. Don't think for a second that you are not everything to them. You are. Just like my father was everything to me. Love is as thick as blood can ever be.
Love, Lies and Larceny... - MonteCarloSS.com Message Board
This is my Dad on the day we delivered his car back to him. Handsome fellow, isn't he?
angela
