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2010 Project 365 :: Day 029

January 29, 2010 - 11:29 am

Taken @ 11:12 am EST

I’ve been thinking of my father a lot today. It’s not his birthday (July 23rd). Or the anniversary of his death (March 22nd). A slew of things have brought him into my mind today, so I felt it necessary to pause & ponder on him.

His voice echos in my head. His smile fills my heart with hope. His favorite phrase now stands as a testimonial to irony: “It’s too far from my heart to kill me.” (Back Story: My father died at the young age of 48 from a “dissecting aortic aneurysm“.) I’ve accepted that his physical form is gone, but his energy lives on with my memories.

[Random Notes]

People that (visually) remind me of my Dad: Jim Carrey, Nicholas Cage, Steve Perry (ex-lead sing from Journey & one of the best rock vocalists of all time), Steven Tyler (lead singer from Aerosmith), Kevin Richardson (former member of the Backstreet Boys)

Songs that remind me of my Dad: Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day”; Christina Aguilera “Hurt”; Def Leppard “Two Steps Behind”; Michael Jackson “You Are Not Alone”; Backstreet Boys “Incomplete”; The Eagles “Wasted Time”; Phil Collins/Mariah Carey “Against All Odds”

[Image taken by Victoria Klein]

Comments

kimberlyloc

January 30, 2010 11:29 am

i’m glad that you think about your father even when it’s not on a particular anniversary. i lost my dad two years ago and i still think of him every day—some days more than others, but every day. i have an altar-esque “thing” in my apartment with pictures of him, us, and just things that make me happy in general…i love looking at it and it just keeps good feelings alive. i love your random notes and reminders…and i think it’s great that jim carrey reminds you of your dad! ill post some about my dad soon, but it’s good to know you have someone else to trade ramblings with about love and loss. *love and light my dear*

kim

Victoria Klein

January 31, 2010 11:29 am

The fact that I think of him so often just shows how important he was in my life, even when we lived 3,000 miles away from each other. I never imagined that I would loose one of my parents before I was even 30. Something about it all just seems “wrong”, but you have to take the cards you are dealt. I’m very sorry to hear about the loss of your father. One the same token, I am glad that you have lots of happy memories to sustain his lack of presence.

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