In Memory

It's been a melancholy day for me today....January 26, 1969 I lost a good friend of mine...my Dad.
I know it's been a long time ago...but something like that, you never forget.. I hesitated to even write about this because memories can bring back pain. He was born on the same date 58 years before....how many people die on their birthday? More than we would think probably. I could say many good things about him here....he was really special to me...I was the youngest of five and the only girl.....so you got to know I was a Daddy's girl! We stuck together through thick and thin and nobody got by with putting Dad down to me, cause in my eyes he was The Best! Many years have past and I will soon be the same age as he was when he left here....just goes to show how fast the years can slip by.....
So, I went about the duties of the day....even tried to let the date escape my thoughts...thinking it was not the 26th but the 25th....then the realization of the date always came back and I would be thinking that this would have been his ninety-something birthday if he were still here....didn't do the math....it's not relevant any way.......memories are tho and today my thoughts went back some years ago back to when he was here and most times with Dad were good times.......and today I missed them!