Comments on: The Briefest Moment

By: mo

mo — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:39:45 +0000

It is something you never really get over, isn’t it. My MIL passed away three years ago this week and I have been feeling a lot how you describe. I really miss her so much sometimes and it is the tiniest things that spark the longing.

By: Jen Thompson

Jen Thompson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:48:12 +0000

Thanks for sharing…your story definitely brought back fond memories of your dad.

By: Carrster

Carrster — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:45:35 +0000

A beautiful post. Thank you for sharing.

By: claudia

claudia — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:24:05 +0000

Thank you for sharing with us how a memory can bring us happiness even when our heart hurts. Hope you were able to remember your dad in a special way on his birthday.

By: justJENN

justJENN — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:36:01 +0000

That was very sad – but a happy memory.

By: sally

sally — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:36:28 +0000

Oh Leslie, you made me teary. I love the way you beautifully articulate your feelings and memories of your father. xoxo.

By: Leslie Smith

Leslie Smith — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:43:20 +0000

Now that I’m crying from your post AND the comments, I am very fortunate that both of my biological parents are still here. Christmas will be difficult this year without my stepfather. Pleasant memories will comfort us through the sad pangs, I’m sure.

How lovely that you remember such wonderful exchanges between your parents.

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:38:54 +0000

Thanks for writing this. As odd as it might seem, I’m wearing your dad’s shoes today, in honor of him. I think what makes me the saddest about your dad is when I think of the people we’ve become close to since his passing and realize that they don’t know him. Reading this will help them understand what a wonderful man he was.

By: Lark

Lark — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:50:33 +0000

We miss him, too….especially at Easter and on the 4th of July. We have so many great memories of your dad’s kindness. He just had that something about him.

By: jill

jill — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:37:45 +0000

Well, this brought some tears to my eyes… just last night I found my mom’s old phonebook and sat for an hour reading all the names and numbers and studying her handwriting… Then I found a letter she wrote to a friend, but must not have ever mailed… After reading how she said how much she missed me in the letter, I sat there for an hour balling like a baby.

I know how hard it is to miss a parent. Leslie, thank you for writing about remembering to “see the happy” in the memories!! Your daddy looks like a special man!!

ps… so glad I found your “new” site!! ha ha…