Mmm plantain chips, bawthhh.
dabo man said:
Mom and me in November 1975. I'm about six weeks shy of being four. We're waiting for my older sister's school bus.
He'll know through your example, and more directly through the stories you tell about her. I don't remember if you ever shared your mom's reservations with me, but at a minimum I hope the concept of us capturing her legacy reinforced how much she's loved by y'all.EFE said:
Still wish I could've convinced mom to do this so little Earl could've known the love of his Gammaw Gail
Damn, I would've had a blast with that woman! I love her vibe. I have a feeling stories about her are going to be easy for you to work into teaching moments with little Earl.EFE said:
She didn't like the idea of her last months feeling like a long ass wake. She was optimistic up until the very end. She had her best girlfriend from college sneak in a Sam's cheese burger for lunch that day.
Thanks. About the time this thread started, I saw something attributed to Denzil Washington. Seemed like a good idea, so I asked some of these tonight.713nervy said:
What a gift! I'm so glad you were able to do that.
Scotts Tot said:
My dad has been gone 9 years. He died before we started taking photos and videos all the time, so I don't really have any recordings of him other than old family videos.
There is a voicemail on my phone he left the week before he died. It's literally him saying "hey call me back when you get a chance". I can't find it in myself to delete it.
Same. This is some of the lingering pain as time marches across your face.TRD-Ferguson said:
I would give anything to talk to my mom and dad again.
That's a good idea. I know my dad was born at home, near where we were today. He always told me that he would take me there, but it has been owned by a mininig company and unaccessable since the 1980s. I don't know if there was a midwife, or just family or no one but my grandmother and granddad. I need to ask him.kbarj said:
My folks are both gone. But in the months before my dad died I would call him regularly. Often there wasn't much to say, so I decided to start asking him about his life. While he talked, I would type it up on my laptop. And I just started with where he was born, did his mom use a midwife (he was born in 1925), his earliest friends, school and just worked it up until the present day. I found out all kinds of things about his time in WWII, battles he was in, and the odd variety of jobs (combat medic, dental hygenist/assistant, infantry officer), how he went through OCS in France during the war, meeting my mom in the Philippines, the Korean War, when where and how he earned his Purple Heart...etc. When I "published" to the family, everyone was amazed at how much we did not know. There was so much that just had gone unsaid.
Doing that history was fantastic. Our 5 minute calls turned into hour long conversations. I only wish I had started it sooner.
AggieArchitect04 said:
This. Is. Awesome.
TexasAggie81 said:
I completed a "Life Lessons" book for both of my now-adult children when they were much younger. I will be delivering those items to them before I leave the country in about a month.