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 A Prayer for my Dad  [E]
A thank you prayer for being given a great Dad.
by WriterRick
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Happy Account Anniversary WriterRick ,

Thankful in tone and apparently deeply religious, this feels honest and forthright and a great gift of respect to the man that raised you. Though restrained a bit as prose, its brevity aims and hits direct target for a reader. I've recently eulogized my brother and had to take a look at this, while acknowledging your 21-year anniversary at WDC.

"Please help me to carry forward his legacy by living a life that honors his memory. Give me the strength to be as loving, compassionate, and strong as he was."

That quote had the most impact for me inspecting the text for information and how I relate to this prayer-like monologue. Truly, it goes to the self when this speaks as if aloud, and/or as pen shared in a community as this one. I don't know if it was part of a writing activity or from a prompt, but feels a free flowing construct from the heart. And, sometimes, written to purge and free a mind from uncertainty that comes with loss.

But, why do we feel we are in the shadows of giants like our dads? Teenagers usually rebel a bit to find themselves, express who their are without the instruction of paternal sorts. Somehow, we come back to them aware of what they were trying to share all those years. Yet, few have the opportunity to show appreciation for a parent in the way you have revealed, happy to remain in that shadow, put on the man's shoes to continue the legacy of this walk through life like him. It's powerful when it considers that maybe after all the years, the son finally can seek the strength to be like the idolized man.

Overall, this was touching as a talk with a higher power, and a wonderful tribute that I feel would be appreciated in family circles/dad. But, it's directness and honesty serves foremost only one, son. And, just as a self talk, it's motivational for a reader to see how one trudges forward after loss and how we are left after these giants leave crater like footprints to fill on the path of life. I only wish I could exhume words with this much reverence since the obedience to a man that commanded many lives before he left us.

This is a breath of fresh air and a pleasure to have considered for feedback. Happy Account Anniversary once again.

Brian

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