I am back home again and just wanted to touch base with everyone for a moment. Your beautiful words, prayers and well wishes filled our family with support over the past few days. I want to thank each and everyone of you for your comments and personal emails. It made me realize a bigger connection with my father I never noticed before. A few of his Ham Radio buddies from long ago stopped in to pay their last respects. This flooded me with memories of my younger years and living with the sounds of "aliens in the night" as my dad would be up at all hours talking to those who shared his passion around the world. My father reached out a trusting hand and connected via wireless communication to strangers who became instant friends, as I have through this blog and yours.
I can remember my father receiving QSL cards daily in the mailbox. They were basically postcards with another amateur radio operators call sign on them and a bit of information about their contact time. They were literally confirmations saying, "yes I exist and we communicated". Something to hold in your hand to confirm a friendship out there between 2 people who may never meet. As similar as we do with ATC's, sketchbook swaps, etc.
If my father was well enough to understand this concept of blogs and connecting he would have found it interesting and noticed our similarities. I am my father's daughter and have his "social" gene. We share a connection with connecting. So once again, Thank you for reaching out to say "yes, I exist" in your beautiful words of condolences. Heaven is a better place now that my Dad is there and my world is better each day with the love sent and received via the communications with all of you.
