Taz Smile and no one knows what you're up to ;)
After sorting through my photos
3 years ago
yesterday I found quite a few great pictures of my Dad. Man I miss him so much :(
How to make a scrapbook all about my Dad
It made me
content 
"Very emotional."
How I did it: This has probably been one of my longest standing goals here on 43T. It has been over 5 years since my dear Dad died. I still miss him, I will always miss him. The need for him to still be here present in my life physically probably won't ever go away but as I tell the small people, he will live forever in my heart (and theirs) and I am a part of him and as my Mother likes to remind me, many of my mannerisms and characteristics are like his.
I had to keep putting this goal off as everything was too raw for a long time. Even looking at pictures from a long time ago was hard but then I reached a point when I was actively looking for them. Then my depression got in the way. Like I said this has been a long ongoing goal.
After much umming and aaahing I finally came to the conclusion that I am not and never have been and probably never will be much of a scrapbooker so I have not made an actually scrapbook but I have a whole lot of photographs of him and film where I can hear his wonderful deep voice, see him pulling his silly faces and even doing his silly walk that he always did when there was a camcorder about. These are all things that I treasure but I know that if for some horrible reason I lost them all tomorrow of course I would be upset but I know now that the memories I have will never disappear. Not ever.
Lessons & tips: Take your time. It doesn't matter how long it takes you to get to where you need to be, the journey is all part of the process. Sometimes you'll find yourself weeping over a picture of something silly and the next laughing so hard you start to cry again.
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18th August
3 years ago
Today is my Dad’s birthday. I wish I was at his house lighting the candles on his cake and not sat here hungover and missing him so very much :(
Taz Smile and no one knows what you're up to ;)
Came across a fantastic photo today
3 years ago
of my Dad holding my youngest who was about 6 months old at the time. She was screaming her head off and Dad was joining in. Made me smile remembering how he used to do that, thinking that if he joined in with the wailing it would somehow make the little one’s stop :) As a distraction technique it had its successes but to be honest not many :D
God I miss that man :(
Taz Smile and no one knows what you're up to ;)
In loving memory
3 years ago
My Dad died suddenly in July 2004 and I miss him so very much so I’d like to build up a scrapbook of all things ‘Dad’. Things that made him who he was, my memories of him as a Father and a Grandfather. Things I never want to forget.
