Was doing some deep cleaning today and going through old pictures and found something very special. It was the old answering machine I had when the kids were little and I thought it would probably never work. The reason I had saved it was because it was one of the last times I talked to my Daddy on the phone after my 1st Cancer surgery in 2001. He lived in Oklahoma and couldnt be there and was going through serious Chemo and Radiation himself for Lung Cancer. I knew I had recorded him because I knew it might be the least time I got to hear his voice. I was afraid after listening to several messages that maybe I had taped over him. Immediately I started to cry and sat in the floor holding the answering machine and praying to God that it hadnt been erased. Something told me to flip the cassette over and after a few messages I automatically heard his voice. Our Dad passed away in 2003 after a 3 year long battle with Cancer. It is ironic that though I was wanting to hear his voice we were discussing what the awful disease had done to him and I was so thankful that we had got the news I was going to be ok. Just to hear his laugh and cracking jokes and telling me how thankful he was that his First baby girl was going to be ok. As I sit here writing this I can remember the day of this conversation and exactly everything we had said to each other. I even remember pressing the record button. Our Dad was a very funny man and was teasing me saying how I was going to be bald like him. I just laughed and said as long as everything else is ok I am fine with wearing a ball cap if that happens. Even though he wasnt in our lives like we had wished I am Thankful that what time we did have with him will always be very special. Thank you Lord for letting me find this and after all these years of him being gone I still miss him and his voice and the first thing he would say is how is my Bay Girl. Never take any time for granted with the ones you Love whether it is a little or a lot. I still have a little piece of him with me and I can hear his voice whenever I need to and this is a gift for my Sisters as well. Miss and Love you Dad:)
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 23:13:05 +0000
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