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[Puppy Lips]

One of the reasons I started this thread, in addition to thinking of what to ask my Mom, was because I read Shawn Killinger’s tribute to her Dad on Facebook. It gave a lot of personal details about him, things that not many people would know and that gave him a lot of character, beyond basic dates and facts. I think I may write down descriptions of my parents and grandparents, so that my kids will have a better understanding of who they were, more than they know now.

[qualitygal]

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@MalteseMomma wrote:

@Puppy Lips 

Funny you should say this. Since I'm all that is left in my family  immediate and others i cannot ask any of the 1000 questions i wish I had asked years ago.

I'm old (82) now and have many thoughts, memories and of course too many questions with noone to answer them .

I keep telling my kids to ask NOW ,before it is too late!

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@MalteseMomma   I use to think the same thing, ask now.  Trouble is, we need to write a little story of our lives, since, like us, they'd come up with questions when it's too late.  Just my thoughts.

[qualitygal]

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@Peaches McPhee wrote:

I want them to tell me what Heaven is like.

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That was the question I wanted to ask my dad.  Someone asked me the question of what you'd ask him.  

[jellyBEAN]

I knew a lot about my Mom.  Not so much about my Dad.  I'd like to talk to my Father and ask him to tell me about WWII.  He passed when I was relatively young (early 20's for me - early 60's for him) and I never really sat down and spoke w/him about things the way I did w/my Mom.

Of course over the years I'd heard some service stories mentioned but I never really sat down and talked to him about it.  He was fascinated by history.  He had all sorts of medals (which I've kept).  All in all, I'm sorry I didn't speak to my Dad more.