Ralph F. Doehne. Forgot to tell you his name.

Thanks to Dad's long time friend Dennis, it was brought to my attention that I forgot to mention Dad's name in my Blog.

More about Dad.... For the time being, I am just going to tell you about him in general, then with Mom and the Family's help, I will tell you some really cool stories about my ole man. :) 

He lived to take care of us and was the most selfless man you'd ever meet. He lived his life working hard so that "So you kids won't have it as hard as I did".  By damn he made sure of it to and he never slowed down, even til the end he was still going like a freight train, full steam ahead as always. He was so brave & never backed away from anything. He was funny & crazy but not insane. Just dieing and suffering. You never know what you will do until you are in that position, so never say you won't do something. You would be suprised what you will do when life hands you something unspeakable.

 I want to tell you that he was our Hero, the glue that held our family together, a Prince of a Man who helped everyone. I think he donated to more organizations than you would believe, he was just good like that. He was ALWAYS there to watch over us and every day, we can't believe that he is gone.

We expect him to come walking thru the door carrying far too many bags of groceries at one time, go flying by on his golf cart or to just be sitting in his chair watching his big new TV with it blasting out and Mom asking him to put his headphones on. To hear his ole raspy voice that used to irritate me so much, but I'd give anything I own to hear it just one more time. 

Or for he and Ricky to make the weekly batch of Dill pickles that they both so dearly loved. Ricky hasnt eaten or made any since Dad has been gone. We'd give anything to hear him giving us our "Instructions" on how to run the Park. He'd repeat them for what seemed to be a million times, but now we sometimes forget what he told us. He just wanted to make sure that we remembered what to do "When he was dead and gone" as he always put it.

 But now he is gone for real and there are days that we handle it better than others. This Blog is for me & Mom. For our healing. I hope it helps anyway. I'm not sure, but it's worth a try I guess. I'm not here to impress anyone or get approval for anything.  There are sure to be Type-os and goofs but as the Blog title reads "About My Dad" and that's what it is. It's about my most wonderful Dad and we sure do miss him every day. If you are lucky enought to still have your Pop in your life, go give him a big hug and tell him how much you love him.
 I surely wish I could.