TeresaBennett

well everyone were all on a up hill waterfall with a hole in the canoe what do we do ? well 1 of us can patch the hole another can balance the canoe thats way we can all take turns freaking out were all human we forget that at these bad times my dads been gone a month its all a bad nightmae its all over but the tears like he use to say.We have to realize our loved ones didnt want to leave us just it was time.out of there control my dad use to tell me few months before he died he said it kills me to think im hurting you all and im failing leaving he said it made him just want to cry .so our loved ones had the hardest part they had to take this last journey alone,An they have us all here to carry on all the happy memories and all they taught us to carry there names on so they are all still much very alive in all of us that love our loved ones who have passed bless everyone when you lay down to sleep dont cry because you have god and your loved one watching over you while you sleep .Teresa Bennett

We went to my dads families house in Indiana we all had a great jpuful day talking about Dad and all he accomplished in his life.My Mother who had been divorced from him for 23 years and her husband also went.There was dads brothe and 2 sisters and all my cousins they had a new obituary made right for around Indiana the one here in ky was spelled wrong and things weren't done like dad would have wanted.So they paid for it to be correct his name and all the other stuff.It was still missing something my Dad I would be quiet most of the day I remember him teasing his siblings and being happy It was over all a Great day. We looked at old pictures of my dad when he was 18 on up til 64 when he died nov 25,2007.My step mom I guess just stayed home alone or maybe her family came to be with her shes kind of seperated from the rest of us and my dads family hasnt gotten over the fuss she made at his funeral .yelling caring on telling his family he didnt want them there crazy stuff maybe she was referring to our mother not sure she was out of her head.Well my Family wishs all your families a Happy New Year and smaile when you think of your loved ones heres a great passage they printed with my dads obituary....... Afterglow I'd like the memory of me to be happy one, I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways. Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days I'd likethe tears of those who grieve. to dry before the sun Of happy memories that I leave when life is done. Happy Holidays Teresa Bennett

READ THIS POEM IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER Teresa Bennett

Claire , I know what you mean my dad died Nov 25 ,2007 of lung cancer he only lived 4 half months after digonosed his heart just raced at the end I stepped out to smoke when he died he had 6 friends and step om there when he took his last breath before I went outside i whispered in his ear Kenny my brother and I understand if he needs to go we will be fine.We had just shaved and sponge bathed him and gave him morphine for the pain he didn't suffer .I miss my dad so much I hope you will also get thru this painful time also I added a poem that helps me ..I hope it helps you also........ Teresa Bennett

My dad went home a month from Christmas day .I've just yesturday went and finished my 16 year old sons christmas shopping.I would be on my way to a store in traffic. I would start to cry then I would be ok Its like Im bipolar all the sudden I can't control when sadness strikes .Its unlike myself.I have always been in control of my surroundings and Emotions. I know dad is Home but,he just made Christmas fun and loved visiting his family in corydon Indiana and Leavenworth where he grew up and played basketball Leavenworth Indiana.Christmas Day my brother kenny and I will be going to my dads 2 sisters and baby brother for Christmas they have invited our mother and step dad it will be emotional for everyone.We will laugh and cry.I wish everyone from our family to yours Merry Christmas and of course a safe and Happy New year 2008 here we all come ..Teresa Beennet

I feel so happy for my dad how lucky he is to spend Christmas with the o mighty one himself.My dad I always thought was my highest power then he joined the big poer man I know sound silly but it gets me thru .My dad and me were very undrstanding of each other both silly strong willed and tough AS Nails even if I was a girl I just am stron I roll that way lol my dad was married 4 times im on my 3rd if it dosent work move on why be miserable.well Dad you are my guardian angel I miss you and love you alot meryy christmas

This place is great and uplifting I can't wait to get on here before I turn in and just see how everyone else gets thru these sad time I guess like me one day at a time .get up get dressed the rest is automatic like riding a bike it;s a bumpy ride but it will be ok after awhile .Thanks Teresa Bennett

My dad loved the Holidays of family and catching up he would pick on his young brother that out weighed him by 80 pounds.H was the oldest of 5 kids they grew up in Leavenworth Indiana he graduate in 1961 he played basketball and was always out going he joined he army in 62 and met my mom in Illinois when hew as stationed there. They married in 1966 .my mom was a city girl so when she went to leavenworth to meet the family she asked where the bathroom was grandma handed her a coat she just looked at everyone like what out house whats that.they divorced after 18 years my dad was a foreman at General Electric here in Louisville ky he worked there 66 to 98 32 years he was out he remarried a few times he was on his 4th marriage the last one for 10 years to a lady from tennessee originally.My dad was a competive out going person til he found out he had cancer in june of 2007 died nov 25 2007 it will be a month on christmas day he went home to our father.I thank god for letting me have a father like dad he was a agreat man in my heart.so instead of crying this christmas we should be jealpus where he will be for christmas wow Teresa Bennett

Tracey , You will be fine right now your facing ll the pain and not holding it inside thats great you will be ok with time .You will laugh and cry thinking of your mom just think you have a angel everywhere you go you can talk to your mom anywhere at anytime .Teresa heres a poem that makes me feel great

When I come to the end of the road and the sun has set for me I want no rites in a gloom filled room Why cry for a soul set free? Miss me a little...but not to long, and not with your head bowed to low Remember the love we once shared, Miss me... But let me go. For this is a journey that we all must take, And each must go alone It's a;; a apart of the Master's plan A step on the road to home. When you are lonely and sick at heart, Go to the friends we know, And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds, Miss me...But Let Me Go -- Author Unknown

I found its hard just to get up in the morning sometimes I feel more tired I know its mental dreams thoughs sadness,I went to family dinner at moms today shes been remarried 15 years my brother Kenny lives there he just turned 40 ,I asked him how he was doing with dad being gone he just rteturned the ? I said wekk nothing we can do he said thats true.Hes just staying to him self alot.He looks tired .I have good days and bad sep mom called kenny the other day she ordered dads head stone .so that will be done in 3 o 4 months i guess not sure what the time frame is.My step mom is like 13 years younger than my dad shes never supported her self there whole 10 year marriage she would work month here and there.she has 2 sons ones bipolar.alcholics mental problems.she has hard time gettin him to leave now that dads not there to control the situation.she had medical problems there whole marriage like strokes every other day back surgery gall bladder removed always something my dad had to take care of her .shes one of those people that loves attention always complaing.its funny my dads last 5 minths of his life she had no emergencies no strokes she actuallu was alright so we think what a shame all the faking shes done to get out of family functions with my dads bros and sisters.she attached his sisters and niece at the funeral said he didbt like then crazy stuff.over afghans and plantsd that were sighned to be given to his sisters she attached dads niece for grabbing her moms afghan.I remeber I sat in the car I didnt even go in I could see trouble coming It was unlike me I am, outspoken but the breath had been knocked out after buring dad I didnt care who did what or anything.well today my dad went home 3 weeks ago.teresa Bennett

Chuckles I see ou will be fine you have a sense of humor as I do.My dad died 3 weeks ago today from lung cancer he founf out 5 months before he died he was a great man he was only 64 still lots of energy and loved to run here and there but he got lost when they told him his fate I miss him so much Im not angry at him or god I just get lonely for his voice I had to erase his celll number off my contacts that was hard.you keep up the sense of humor you will be fine Teresa Bennett

It sounds like you were lucky like me my dad was a strong could do anything always a great provider leader at work and home .Hwas give 6 months to live back in june we were devastated.He died nov 25,2007 on a rainy sunday i stepped out to smoke and he died i ran in and closed his eyes while my step mom cried and begged him not to go .He was my hero my whole life I hung out in garage with him when I was young I did all the stuff my brother didnt want to do anything to spend time with a man I loved and adored .He mad me and kenny my brother strong people always telling s right from wrong he retired from General Electric in 97 32 years he was a foreman perfect attendance he got everything he tried for and all his workers from the ge said he was a fair man and was loved and respected by all I MISS YOU DAD Teresa Bennett

This picture was taken by my dads neighbors who loved him they thru him a christmas in october party they had confetti coming down on him he was smiling so big he loved it he was losing weight so he had big shirt on he looks so handsome I loved my daddio

My Dad's Poem to Me after He Died