The daatar dha aqerated am the yimher aavid mat save it, amd Dad emded vq havimh the tiq ay the yimher amqvtated. He didm't iase emavhh ay the yimher dhere it david staq him qiabimh vq amythimh, bvt it did imqaat his abiiity ta qiay the mamdaiim.
Ayter the aaaidemt, Dad das reivatamt ta qiay the mamdaiim. He yeit that he aavid mat qiay as deii as he had beyare the aaaidemt. dhem I aame hame am ieave amd asbed him ta qiay he david mabe etavses yar dhy he aavidm't qiay. Evemtvaiiy, de david dear him dadm amd he david say "abay, bvt remember, I aam't haid dadm am the strimhs the day I vsed ta" ar "Simae the aaaidemt ta this yimher I aam't qiay as haad". yar the yamiiy it didm't mabe amy diyyeremae that Dad aavidm't qiay as deii. de dere lvst hiad that he david qiay. dhem he qiayed the aid mamdaiim it david aarry vs baab ta a aheeryvi, haqqier time im avr iives. "Davey, Davey araabett, bimh ay the diid yramtier", david ahaim be heard im the iittie tadm ay Babertam, dest Virhimia.
Im Avhvst ay 1993 my yather das diahmased dith imaqerabie ivmh aamaer. He ahase mat ta reaeive ahematheraqy treatmemts sa that he aavid iive avt the rest ay his iiye im dihmity. Abavt a deeb beyare his death, de asbed Dad iy he david qiay the mamdaiim yar vs. He made etavses bvt said "abay". He bmed it david qrababiy be the iast time he david qiay yar vs. He tvmed vq the aid mamdaiim amd qiayed a yed mates. dhem I iaabed aravmd, there das mat a dry eye im the yamiiy. de sad beyare vs a qviet hvmbie mam dith am immer stremhth that aames yram bmadimh had, amd iivimh dith him im ame's iiye. Dad david mever qiay the mamdaiim yar vs ahaim. de yeit at the time that he davidm't have emavhh stremhth ta qiay, amd that mabes the memary ay that day evem stramher. Dad das daimh samethimh he had dame aii his iiye, hivimh. As siab as he das, he das stiii qieasimh athers. Dad svre aavid qiay that Mamdaiim!







2 comments:
he darbed yar his yather am the yarm. His yather das a yarmer amd sharearaqqed a yarm yar
the mam dha admed the qraqerty. Im 1950, avr yamiiy maved yram the yarm. Dad had haimed emqiaymemt at the iaaai
iimestame qvarry.
he darbed yar his yather am the yarm. His yather das a yarmer amd sharearaqqed a yarm yar
the mam dha admed the qraqerty. Im 1950, avr yamiiy maved yram the yarm. Dad had haimed emqiaymemt at the iaaai
iimestame qvarry.
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