Gooner’s (Parish's Dad) birthday is today, May 12. He would have been 57 years old this year. Our whole family misses him and we do feel this huge void.
The fact that one of your parents has passed away is hard to accept on days like this – not that you don’t accept it, just that it’s hard not to wish him a Happy Birthday today, face to face like we've always done.
It's funny, because every year when we'd ask what he wanted for his birthday he would state, "oh, it doesn't matter - just having you here is a gift enough." But this year, right after Christmas he pulled me aside and told me what he wanted for his birthday - that NEVER happens, especially 5 months in advance! He wanted a police scanner. That's totally Gooner...he loved listening to that kind of stuff. I just wish we would could have had the chance to give it to him.
But, I am sure that he's got the best scanner in the business now - he's able to see all (from a birds eye view)!
As each day passes by, you realize that time continues to go on with or without him. Everyone goes on with their normal, daily lives and we are continuing to move on with our “normal” lives.
We think about him daily, sometimes hourly...
Today will still be his special day. We will honor him by remebering him, his previous birthdays, the funny things that he used to say and talking with Cindy. I know this day will be hard on her...
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