Open Your Heart Before The Sun Goes Down!

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It is often not until we see those last days approaching that we realize the urgency of the now.

Recently I wrote a post about my dad and I going to football games and the bonding that took place.  It was called ‘Unsaid Words’ and I talked about how we never really got too specific with our feelings for each other, but that we knew we loved each other and that was enough.  But the fact was, knowing that I only had a few months left with him made me realize all of the things that I DID want to tell him.  And not those subtle, “Good to see you!” kind of comments, but deeper expressions of the heart. Read more »

Unsaid Words

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Some of my fondest memories with my dad involved hot pretzels and a cold bench seat.

Come fall, my dad and I would watch every home game that our local college football team had to offer.  On game day he’d show up at my door like a little kid waiting for his parents to awake on Christmas morning.  He’d try and act all serious as he’d talk about how we ‘needed to get going’.  And yet he couldn’t hide his childish grin, even behind his red mustache. Read more »