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David, that is such a wonderfully written post and my heart goes out to you. I can wholeheartedly relate to it as it echoes exactly the passing away of my own father in a hospice only a couple of years ago.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Very very sorry for your loss David.
Beautifully written.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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David I am sorry for your loss and thank you for writing about it so eloquently.
My Dad skied in pre-war Poland. One of my regrets in life is that I was never affluent enough before he died to take him skiing with us. 18yrs and I still miss him and my Mum.
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David, it's great that you've got such detailed - tender - memories of your youth that you can keep and call up at will to remember your father. Thank you, this is very moving. Sincerest wishes whilst you and your family are dealing with this time of passing.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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David to echo what everyone else has said, thanks for that simple celebration of your father's life. I don't expect to ever read anything as genuinely moving on the internet again. I am sure he leaves a huge hole on your life. Best wishes to you and yours.
John
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Thu 20-12-07 23:36; edited 1 time in total
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David, that was very moving. You have such wonderful memories to keep. My deepest sympathy.
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David, there's nothing that I can say that hasn't already been said by others. I'm glad that you have such happy memories by which to remember your dad.
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I can only say what the others have said, David: I was moved by your post and I'm so sorry for your loss.
After my father died I was so aware of the things I never said and the things I never asked him. The one good thing is that I did say, a few years before he died, that I admired him. He said "It never occured to me to say that to my father". I think fathers tend to know: they have done, and not done, the same things themselves.
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As all of the above.
It's great to have such good memories though, as well as the tough times at the end.
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David, it's rough when you loose a parent. Be glad that he lived as full a life as it sounds like he did.
I lost my father last year suddenly at 63 years old. He died of a pulminary embolism as a result of a broken leg caused by a slip playing tennis.
Loosing someone is horrible, but remember the good bits. Time is also a great healer.
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David Goldsmith, May He Rest In Peace.
My father finished his life in a hospice too with mesothelioma. Not nice to see a loved one go like that, but death can be a release when they are frail and in pain.
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David, so sorry for your loss. I was reading your post this morning at work and could hardly stop the tears.
This spring I was skiing with my dad and my son. And I remember lace leather boots and cable bindings. So many things I can relate to.
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Lovely, moving story David. Best wishes.
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You know it makes sense.
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David, very moving, it is nice that you can remember fondly a shared passion. I am sorry for your loss.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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David Goldsmith, Thinking of you too fella. I still like to visit the places where I took my mum hiking, they always trigger a quiet tear and many happy memories. Your Dads presence in this world lives on in your enjoyment of the mountains.
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Poster: A snowHead
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It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his son skiing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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David Goldsmith, .. very sorry to hear your news, but you will be in our thoughts over Christmas. Remember the 'white' days ....
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Once again, thanks very much for all the very kind words. The last time my Dad really skied was about ten years ago in Stowe and Sugarbush, Vermont, after my sister (who lives in NY State) got married in Manhattan. I guess he was sliding for about 60 years, on and off.
His favourite skis of all time? I remember him raving about the short ski revolution in the mid-70s, in particular a pair of Hexcel Hexcelerators, which were made in America with aircraft-type honeycomb aluminium cores.
A useful tip he gave me in the early 1960s? Leave your leather ski boots outside the hotel bedroom door and they'll be polished for the morning!
Maybe it still works for plastic.
Anyway, here's to the future, Dad. Rest in piste.
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Dad. Rest in piste. |
Nice touch 
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