12 January, 2013
Happy 96th Birthday, Dad!!
We are thinking of you today, Dad, on your 96th birthday. What a gift to the world when you were born on January 12, 1917. So many people were blessed by your presence. As your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, we continue to be blessed by your presence in the universe and in our memories. We love you! Continue to remember us in your prayers.
Happy Birthday.
Loving you always,
Daughter Cathy, Reg and Mark
29 December, 2012
In loving memory of our dear father, grandfather and great grandfather. We are all thinking of you, dad, at Christmas time and all through the year. How special it is for all of us to come together at Christmas time and retell old stories about our happy times spent with you. We know that you and mom and Do-Do are caring for us in your way. We feel your love surrounding us always. God bless you all. Please continue to remember us in your prayers. Merry Christmas, dad.
Loving you always,
Daughter Cathy, Reg and Mark
xxxxx oooooooo
29 May, 2012
Thinking of you with love, dad.
Forever dear to our hearts and loving you always,
Cathy, Reg and Mark
xxxx
11 January, 2012
It is your birthday tomorrow, Dad – January 12th. You will be celebrating with mom and Do-Do in heaven. You will be 95 years old! WOW! Doesn’t time go by in a wink?? We continue to think of you with so much love. Yesterday, I had to have some surgery done and was feeling quite anxious. On my way home from the doctor’s last week, and then yesterday morning on the way to the hospital, I was given two gifts. I am certain that both gifts were from you and mom with a lot of Do-Do there, too. There was a huge huge rainbow behind me as I drove home last week from my pre op appointment, and yesterday on our way to the hospital, the sun coming up was absolutely brilliant!! I remember mom and I seeing an enormous rainbow after you died. It was so incredible. Mom said it was a gift from you letting us know that you were safely home. And then when mom passed, Dinny and Reg and I saw a brilliant sunrise following mom’s death. We must have watched for a half hour as mom was so beautifully taken to heaven. When she reached her destination, there was a massive burst of colour! We knew that mom was safely home. Such incredible experiences both times. Thank you (and mom, too) for sending me such positive energy at a time when I was feeling so afraid. You continue to be with me always providing me with the strength and wisdom I always knew you for. As long as you are with me, dad, I know I will be A Okay!! I love you. Happy Birthday to you. Please continue to keep us all in your prayers.
Loving you always,
Cathy xxxxxx
13 January, 2011
Thinking of you today on your birthday, Dad. We continue to keep you close at heart.
Loving you always,
Cathy, Mark and Reg
22 March, 2008
Hi, Dad! It's been about a year since I dropped by. How's it going? Things are still pretty bad down here, but I suppose that depends on the attitude at any given moment (smile). Can't complain. Shouldn't complain. Mom's doing okay. She's had a couple of falls. All that running around in circles, I guess. She had one eye operated on this week to remove a cataract. The surgery went well and she can see better than I can. She is still able to walk fairly well and gets herself around in her walker on her own. She's really a wonderful, gentle lady that everyone at the Manor and elsewhere loves. Me? Oh, I guess I'm doing okay. Wondering if I should carry on teaching. I'm feeling like I'd like to do something else. Great class this year, though. Just too busy with too much to do. Reg is doing fine and so is Marcus. I sure miss you, Dad. Happy Easter. I love you so much. Continue to keep me in your prayers. I seem to be needing them a lot lately.
I love you.
Your daughter, Cathy XXXXX
18 May, 2007
Hi, Dad! With the help of Gerald Hannon, we are all able to access your page again and leave message for you from all of us!! I continue to talk with you all the time, especially when something strikes me funny, when I need strength, when I just need to. It will be 10 years on May 29th that you said "So long!" to all of us and this world. It's a mess down here, but I suppose you know that. But.....even in the middle of the big world mess, there is a lot of great things happening. Mom turned 85 on May 16th. She has had some hard times this year, but she has come back and is doing well now. She talks about you all the time and of course misses you very much. We all miss you, dad. Things just aren't the same without you in our lives. I hope you are well wherever you are, that you're winning at the "race track" in the sky, that you are continuing to write and keep those "politicians" on their toes. It's getting warm now and I'm looking forward to the end of the school year to just rest and be for awhile. Great class this year. No complaints.
Love you so much.
Your daughter, Cathy
25 July, 2004
Hello, Dad. Today is July 25th. It would be yours and mom's 57th wedding
anniversary! Happy Anniversay. Mom is doing well. You are in our hearts
each and every day. I love you, Dad. Remember me in your prayers. Love,
Cathy.
20 June, 2004
Hello, Dad. Today is Father's Day and I am thinking about you with love.
What special memories I have of you. I think of you in happy times, sad
times, times that little things come up which remind me of you--a certain
piece of music, a laugh, a mannerism in one of your grandchildren. I
love you, Dad. Happy Father's Day. Please remember me in your prayers.
Love always, Cathy.
29 May, 2004
Hello, Dad. Today is May 29th, 2004. It is seven years now since you
completed your journey here with all of us. We hope that your new life,
your new journey is equally rewarding for you. We continue to miss you
very much, but there are so many times, Dad, that I feel you and hear you.
A certain smell, a piece of music, a favorite flower.... so many things
remind me of you and bring you close once again. Things are good with us.
Mom is doing fine and talks of you so often and with so much love. The
grandchildren are all getting to be so grown up. Mark will be going to
Korea for a month in August to teach. He still reminds me so much of you.
He has so much of you in him. I just wanted you to know that I was
thinking of you today and that I reminded myself of how blessed I was to
have you for such a long time as my Dad. I love you now and
always... Cathy.
"Reg" (rcharding@telus.net)
01 January, 2004
Hello, Dad. Here we all are once again celebrating another year wisely
(hopefully) well-spent and a new year on the horizon. It has been a year
filled with many successes and many blessings. You have been dear to our
hearts each and every day of 2003 and will remain with us through all of
the days ahead. We send you all our love at Christmas and New Year's and
ask you kindly to continue remembering us in your prayers. We love you
dearly. Cathy, Reg and Mark..XXX OOO
agotro@uniserve.com
01 January, 2004
Hi, dad. We are all thinking of you on this New Year's Day, 2004. We all
remember all of the special Christmas times spent together and send you
our love and our prayers. Please remember all of us in your prayers. God
bless you, Dad. Happy New Year from your family.
"Reg" (rcharding@telus.net)
13 October, 2003
Hello, Dad. It's Cathy here. Your yellow chrysanthemums are blooming
once again. I always feel that you are saying "Hello" to me this time of
year when they come out in bloom. I am thinking of you today,
"Thanksgiving" day. I am grateful for your presence in my life--past and
even now. Please remember us in your prayers. I love you.
21 September, 2003
Hello, Dad. I am sending your way flowers of love and remembrance.
Please keep me in your prayers. Mom is fine and continues to talk of you
so often and with so much love. I miss you and wish you were here to talk
to. Mark and Reg also send their love. Mark really is quite a "chip off
the old block!" He reminds me so much of his grandpa. I love you, dad.
Cathy
"Eric and Rosie" (arbicfa@telus.net)
10 August, 2003
Dear dad:
Life is a beautiful garden; an ever growing thing where thoughtfulness and
kindness bloom like flowers in the spring. I love you dad. Your daughter
Patty Kaye.
09 August, 2003
Hello Grandpa, it's Rosie here. I was thinking of you today and wishing
that I could talk to you. I remember when I was little and we used to
come visit you and Grandma, you used to always give me a loonie and tell
me not to tell my mom. You really were a wonderful person. I miss you
and I know that wherever you are, you are watching over all of your loved
ones. It must be beautiful there. Take care. Love Rosie.
"CHarding" (crharding@telus.net)
05 April, 2003
Hello, Dad. It is April 2003 now. I am sending flowers of remembrance
from Reg, Mark and I. Thoughts of you remain with me always. Please keep
us all in your prayers. Love, Cathy.
29 May, 2002
Hello, Dad. I am thinking of you today and have been every day since you
left us five years ago now, May 29th, 1997. My love is with you. Please
remember me in your prayers. Mom is doing well. We celebrated her 80th
birthday on May 17th, 2002. We used you "80" candles. That was very
special. We felt your presence with us. Lots of love, Cathy.
14 February, 2002
We are all thinking of you today, Dad. Happy Valentine's Day! We are
sending you so much love and many prayers. Thank you for being born and
for sharing so much with each one of us. We love you yet and keep you
alive in our hearts and minds always. Love, Cathy, Mark and Reg.
"Catherine Harding" (c_rharding@telus.net)
12 January, 2002
Thinking of you Dad on Saturday, January 12th, 2002. Today would have
been your 85th birthday. What a very special light you were and continue
to be. Thank you for being born. You are in our thoughts and hearts
today and always. Happy Birthday. Love always, Cathy, Mark and Reg.
02 January, 2002
Thinking of you, Dad, on this second day of our new year, 2002. Continue
to keep us in your prayers. You are always in ours. We love you--Cathy,
Mark and Reg.
25 December, 2001
Hello, Dad. It is Christmas Day and we spent wonderful moments together
talking about childhood Christmas'--those memories of people, places and
experiences that are burned forever in memory. We continue to miss having
you with us to share our "today" times, but hold you so very close at
heart. Thank you for always being there for us. We love you, Dad. Mom,
Cathy, Reg and Mark. Merry Christmas.
02 December, 2001
Hello, Dad. Sending you flowers and love. It's Christmas time once again
and we are all keeping you close at heart. Your spirit is close to each
one of us. We love you, Dad. All our love, Reg, Cathy and Mark.
13 June, 2001
Hi, Dad! You have been on my mind so much this last couple of weeks. It
was four years ago, May 29th, that you left us. Sunday is Father's Day
and I am thinking of all of the wonderful ways you encouraged me over the
years, your great sense of humour, your passion for learning, your honesty
when it mattered. I love you dad. Special thoughts and prayers at this
time, Cathy.
12 May, 2001
Hi, Dad! Just dropping by to let you know that I'm thinking about you.
Belated Happy Easter Greetings and Happy Spring! Tomorrow is Mother's
Day. I always think of the Chrysanthemums you would give me on this day.
Your yellow one is beginning to sprout again. I love you. Cathy
14 February, 2001
Hi, Dad! Send you our love on Valentine's Day. You are in our thoughts
and hearts always. Love always, Cathy, Mark and Reg.
JPLorianne@aol.com
25 December, 2000
Christmas 2000: A very merry Christmas to you. I remember how much you
loved the splendour of this time of year, how much more of a kid you could
be than any of us. It makes me smile to think of that! Love the picture,
by the way. Kinda Robert DeNiro, ain't it?
Love, Ted
"Catherine Teresa Harding" (c.harding@telus.net)
12 January, 2001
Thinking of you today Dad with so much love. Happy 84th Birthday. You
continue to be in my thoughts and heart. I love you--Cathy.
01 January, 2001
Thinking of you today, Dad, and all the hope and promise of the New Year.
Keep me kindly in your prayers. Love, Cathy
25 December, 2000
Remembering you with love on Christmas Day, Dad. Special wishes from
Cathy, Mark and Reg.
06 December, 2000
Hello, Dad. It's Christmas once again. We all miss you so much at this
time of year. I remember with such fondness all of the wonderful family
Christmases as a child. Thank you so much for providing me with such
special memories. Mom is tired but doing fine. Sheila is not well and we
are all trying to support her. Please keep us all in your prayers. Your
courageous spirit is with each and every one of us. We send you our love
and Christmas thoughts. God Bless you, Dad. I love you. Cathy. XXX
OOO
29 October, 2000
Hi, Dad! It's Cathy. You have been on my mind so much since I started
back to school. I have twenty-two students this year--all very special.
There is, however, so much conflict in the workplace. I've been thinking
about how you always said during times such as these, "For every problem
there is an opportunity". I love you, Dad. Mom is well. Quite
comfortable in her new apartment. She talks about you often and always
with love. I hope you are well and happy. My love always, Cathy.
14 August, 2000
Thinking of you today, Dad. Mom is moving closer to us. Her heart is a
little weaker, but she is managing okay. She has done well on her own but
now needs us to keep a closer vigil. We send you all our love and
remember your words: "For every problem there is an opportunity." Mom and
Cathy.
25 July, 2000
Remembering you today, Dad, on yours and mom's 53rd Wedding Anniversary.
Loving you always, Mom, Michael, Catherine, Paul, Patricia, Brian,
Maureeen, Doreen, Sheila.
15 June, 2000
A remembrance from all of us, Dad. You are in our thoughts this Father's
Day.
Loving you always, Alma, Michael, Catherine, Paul, Patricia, Brian,
Maureen, Doreen, Sheila.
20 February, 2000
When my father died, a little over two years ago now, I was devastated. I
never thought the ache in my heart would go away. Somehow, with time, the
love of others, and my own journey into that place called healing, the
ache did diminish. Now, I am grateful for the many cherished memories of
my father. It is so special to have a place to come to where I may share
a state of mind which is universal.
Love to all those who share this wonderful site.