Tag Archives: Dad

DAD, I’M GLAD

Posted on June 18, 2018 by elainedanforth

Dad, I’m so glad your strong self and presence and love I once had. But then, I was grown. . . Time to go out on my own, a time of challenge enough, when, as I would not have thought, … Continue reading →

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SO ODD. . . I DECIDE TO TALK TO GOD

Posted on October 31, 2017 by elainedanforth

So odd. Now, I decide to talk to God. In a way I’ve never tried. I grow, I feel good inside. . . Sort of like the way it was in days they were, just talking to the best of … Continue reading →

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HOW YOU DID WHAT MOM AND DAD WOULD HAVE YOU DO

Posted on August 4, 2016 by elainedanforth

To some degree you’ve always done the things for which your dad and mom to have you do had some or other kind of need. To cry, when no one noticed your true hunger or your thirst, or when you … Continue reading →

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DADDY, HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

Posted on November 25, 2015 by elainedanforth

Daddy I miss you now! I miss you how? How gone? So long? We barely knew ye. . . though we learned much in your arms, in your voice, in all of your skill and the stuff you could teach, … Continue reading →

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