Daddy and I used to love going to the Dairy Queen and talking. Usually, we would just get some form of ice cream (almost always blizzards) and sit and talk for ever. I know that we started this tradition sometime while we were living in Mansfield. I have a pretty bad memory (which is one of the main reasons I began this blog), so I don't really remember all the trips we took there.
But, he told me many times...told both me and Jeff, and other people in front of me...that anytime he would ask me when I was younger what I wanted to do more than anything, I would respond with, "Let's go to Dairy Queen!" He and I would be off on one of our Daddy-Daughter Dates.
He said that I would just sit and talk about anything and everything for as long as he would stay there.
The last time he and I went on a Daddy-Daughter Date to Dairy Queen, Grace was with us. The 3 of us went to the DQ about the time that Grace 10 or 11 months old. He and I sat and talked while Grace enjoyed on of her first kiddie ice cream cones. I think we stayed there for at least 2 or 2.5 hours. Neither of us were in a hurry to leave.
I would love to call him up and meet him at Dairy Queen tonight. I will be taking Grace there often and tell her stories of her Poppy.
Love, Aimee
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What you are doing is great! Keep up the writing as it "will" help keep your memories of him. Your Dad and I were born in the same year 1949. Wow, he was a very young man. We have to trust God and know that God is in control. My Mom at 93 just went to Heaven this past Nov 20th 2006. It is very hard for me not to see her anymore as we were best friends like you and your Dad. My mom and I use to go to the Dairy Queen also. She didn't talk much but just sitting there in the car and now you brought that memory up in my mind through your writing about your Dad. Funny isn't it how your writing to remember your Dad has made me remember my Mom. Thank You and May God's Comforting Hand be upon you and your family in your loss.
A brother & sister in Christ,
Bob & Linda
Thanks, Bob and Linda! I am so glad that this brought your mom to mind. Thank you so much for your kind words and prayers.
Aimee
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