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| My grandma, and aunt made me this collage. They brought it with them when they came to visit a couple years back, and I can't even tell you how much I cried when I saw it. Can you believe my dad was blonde when he was little, I was too. He was so handsome, and I miss him more than words can tell. |
Today is my dad's birthday. He's been gone for almost 17 years, more than half my life. I miss him all the time, and every step of my life, I wish he was there with me, and my kids, and a part of our lives, not only in our hearts, but here on Earth with us.
I was only 15 years old when my dad passed away, it was fast and very unexpected, completely out of the blue, and I will never forget the day. Maybe at another time I will go into more detail about his extraordinary life, and what an amazing man, and father he was, but today I just wanted to share a couple pictures with you, and a few pieces he created with his own two hands, over 30 years ago, maybe even more than that. All I know is that they are precious to me, and I wanted you to see the talent that he had.
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| My Dad was a pattern maker, and most of my memories are of him in his workshop working on all these different blue models. He worked with wood a lot, and was very talented. He spent many late nights working on deadlines, and my grandma and mom would often help him. My brother was also a frequent in his workshop, and we have many cute pictures of him all small, helping daddy out. :) |
I am in this country and our entire family is here, because of my fathers courage to reach for a better life. He wanted his children to have opportunities that were not possible at the time in Romania and he risked his life to see that happen. It's a beautiful story, and one day I may share it with you all.
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| My dad and mom on their wedding day. I love this picture, it is just so beautiful. Even though they had very little money for a wedding, everyone in the village pitched in, and look at that. Doesn't take much, to create class. |
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| A box my dad made. I have no idea how he made it, but it's beautiful. |
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| The details are awesome, and this is the kind of work he did. Payed attention to all the detail always. |
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| This is just a decorative vase like thing, but it doesn't actually hold anything. Another special piece I love. |
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| Isn't that beautiful? |
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| He worked with this often, and to this day don't know what it's called or how he did it. Like I said most of these pieces were made when I was very little, and even if I may have seen him do it, I couldn't possible understand what he did at the time. Of course now, I have nobody to ask. I would love to learn the technique if I ever get a chance. |
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| One of the first shirts he had in this country. The one he actually had on his back is in the top picture collage. The flowery one, and I remember him telling my that he had that and perhaps one more change of clothes. A small bag, and like practically no money, but that's what he left Romania with, and boy did he come a long way. |
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| Lastly I want to share the pillow he got at the hospital when he had his open heart surgery, about 5 years before he died. This pillow never really meant anything to me while he was alive, I was so young, just never crossed my mind. But after he was gone, I wanted to hold onto everything I could, and this is just one of those things. I have never thought about recovering it, I like it just the way it is. |
Te Iubesc!!
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