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| Thank you for the gift of being my father-in-law!!! |
Thirty-one years ago, I had the
pleasure of meeting Don Richard, the man who raised the guy I was dating. Oh, that was so long ago. A year later, Don became my father-in-law. When he heard we had no plans for a honeymoon
(all our money was going to college), he handed my new husband enough money for
two nights stay in Red Lodge. We were so
grateful.
The
memories I have are so plentiful. He
loved every dessert I made. Celebrating
Madelle's last birthday, I smiled as his eyes danced while we sang her happy
birthday and he ate a coconut cupcake. He
wanted more grandkids when he saw our huge basement in Hardin. I told him he would need a new
daughter-in-law. He smiled and said he
would rather keep me. The times he came
and stole Michel on Saturday mornings to eat pancakes with Grandma and Grandpa
Richard. I will forever be thankful for
the time we lived in Wolf Point when we saw him all the time.
This
morning I was incredible sad. The
sadness has come and gone these last four days since he passed away. I was driving home from working and stopping
for coffee. As I drove over the
interstate, I saw a section of a rainbow.
Not something I see often in Montana in January. Don was saying he is still here with us. He was telling me everything is going to be
fine. He loves all of us and he is proud
of all of us. And he knows we feel
exactly the same way. We love you.
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| Don and his boys. |
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| Some of my favorite men!!! |
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| Don loved bird watching. I think I got this from him. |
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