Pops: son, brother, friend, student, naval officer, professor, uncle, husband, father, grandfather.
And now, blithe spirit.
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return
Pops: son, brother, friend, student, naval officer, professor, uncle, husband, father, grandfather.
And now, blithe spirit.
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return
So very sorry for your loss Polly. I loved reading about your father here. May he rest in peace.
Oh, Polly, I’m sitting here with a few tears and a smile. What a lovely presence in the world, your dad. Thank you for sharing him with the rest of us via your stories…..and I hope you can feel your friends circling around you, holding you and yours close as you celebrate, mourn, and remember a wonderful man.
So sorry for your loss. Thinking of you and your family.
I’m so sorry. My heart breaks for your family.
my condolences, Polly.
Oh, so sorry for your loss, feel for you and your family. You’ve written so eloquently about him, so know what a huge place he kept in your heart and life.
You have given us all such a wonderful gift in allowing us to know your Pops through photographs and words shared here over the years. Your love for each other has shined so brightly on our screens. Thank you for allowing us to see him, and to see him and you together and with the rest of your family. And for allowing us to grieve a bit with you today, and this week, and forever more. Sending love and light to all and best wishes that you can come together to comfort one another in this time.
So so sorry. Thinking of you and your entire family today.
I hope you are surrounded y lots of love, understanding and beutiful memories. I know how hard it is to lose a Dad and how much of a gap it leaves. My heart goes out to you and your family. Take care.
So sorry for your loss, Polly. What a kind and gentle spirit your father seemed to be. Thank you for sharing stories about him over the years. Because of your writing, he will surely be remembered for generations to come…
May his memory be for a blessing. Be gentle with yourself.
So sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts. Sending light and healing to you and yours. Thank you for sharing him with us. It was truly a delight reading about the man he was.
You have written so many eloquent posts and thoughts about him over the years it feels almost personal. And losing your dad is beyond hard. I lost mine young, I was still in high school and he was only forty, but it has always seemed to me that it would be harder to lose your parent as an adult. More memories, more layered relationship, more to lose and miss. So many warm thoughts are being sent your way from our family.
Thank you for sharing him with us. I feel I’ve gotten to know him through your writing here. My thoughts are with you and your family.
I am so so sorry. I have loved reading about your father over the years.
I am so sorry for your loss.Thank you for sharing him with us in this small way.
So so sorry for the loss of your dad. I truly loved reading your stories about him and could tell he was an amazing man. Sending so much love your way and lots of hugs too.
I am so sorry for your loss. Sending love to you and your family, whom I have never met, but who I feel so much for through your writing.
So very sorry for your loss. He sounded like a dear sweet man and you described such a lovely relationship with him. I hope those memories live on with you and your family forever.
Oh Polly. My thoughts are with you and your family. May all of your memories keep him with you. Thank you so much for sharing so much of him with us, what a life, what a beautiful life.
I’m so sorry for your loss. Thank you for the stories you’ve shared. I still tear up when I remember the one about how you told him you were the son he never had and he replied that you were the son he DID have. He’s remembered and respected by people he never met.
i love the words you have spoken about your dad and i hope you know just how lucky you are to have had such a wonderful guy as yours. peace to you all.
My life is richer for having known him. He was a great guy and made any room better for being in it. I will miss him.
Oh I loved knowing your father! Truly I did, even though I never met him. The pleasure was all mine, Polly, and I am sending you such love.
A beautiful soul. My heart goes out to you and your family as you traverse this new path of life without him. Many hugs coming your way.
Joining the chorus–my thoughts are with you all. Peace.
I’ve checked on you all week. I just knew.
You will never be apart. I have loved learning about, and getting to know a piece of your dad. Thank you. Thinking of you all.
I’m so sorry. From what you’ve written, he sounds like he was an amazing person who will be sorely missed. *hugs*
My thoughts are with your family now. I too have loved hearing your stories of your Dad. He sounded like a great man. Much love.
I am so sorry to hear about you and your family’s loss. Thank you for sharing your dad in this space and giving us all a chance to know what a special person he was.
So sorry for your loss. He sounds like such a lovely man.
My condolences, Polly, to your family during this time of sorrow and joy, pain and passion, peace and remembrances. Your writings have given us a glimpse, and often deeper, into his inimitable life, his unconditional love and acceptance and encouragement of you and your sister, the way he loved your mom… for all that I thank you.
Polly, I am so sorry to hear about your father. I have enjoyed reading about him here. Seeing the photos of him and your little ones. Your love and adoration of him so clear. May your heart find song for healing. May the stories of his life be carried in celebration through the generations to come. Much peace, light, and love to you all.
Thank you to each of you. He was humbled (and also tickled) to know he had a clutch of admirers here. Your kind thoughts are a balm.
My condolences. I’ve read your blog for years be have appreciated the stories about your father that you’ve shared!