Oh Toya. My heart goes out to you, girl. Yet knowing your Dad loved you in his way is so important and valuable. Those are certainly not only words. I know this.

I want to thank you for reminding me about the truth of those words. One can so easily forget when looking at the big picture instead of the individual moments and their implications.

You will like this one. The longest term relationship of mine. The guy had a young son from a previous marriage. One day the three year old and I were looking at old photos. One was of my father on his fishing boat with a bunch of his crew. The little boy pointed to the guy in the centre of the picture and said “There’s my Dad”. I said, “No sweetie , that’s an old picture of my Dad!”…