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Old 12-09-2011, 04:07 AM   #52
limey
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Originally Posted by BigV View Post
...what really happens is you become aware of your new relationship with him. One where he isn't exactly gone, but where he spends all his time somewhere else, in your thoughts and in your heart. I imagine he'll enjoy your trip to Scotland together, no?
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Oh, me too Lamp.

@ V: that's a brilliant description of what it's like. I have been thinking about it on and off since I first read it. That's kind of what it's like with Dad. Made especially so by the fact that Dad and I mainly interacted at a distance. So, in a sense he still occupies that space, off in a different town, in an imagined place.
So true, so true. This is how it is for me too. I'll raise a glass to your Grandad, too, Sundae!
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