Sunday, 19 June 2011

...Happy Father's Day, Dad...

outside temp:  17c
wet-wet-wet

It's Father's Day here in the UK & I've just tried to phone my dad to say: 
 'Hi & Happy Father's Day, Dad'
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but he didn't answer his phone again today - he rarely does these days, to be honest - he's in a home as he has Alzheimer's and has lost touch with reality 
--  I know this, but I keep trying to convince myself that I'm wrong  --

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When we were kids, Father's Day use to pass pretty much unnoticed - some of us would make or buy a card but there wasn't any celebration to speak of...mum & dad didn't do that sort of thing...they barely acknowledged their own birthdays & wedding anniversaries, let alone Father Day.

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But today, I just wanted him to answer the phone so that I could say.
 'Hi & Happy Father's Day, Dad'


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