Comments on: My Fun Dad http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/ Quality Workday Distractions Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Lyons http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-524 Jeff Lyons Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:27:29 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-524 Hi Beth, Thanks for writing and I'm very sorry to hear about your Dad. I'm not a man for doling out wisdom, but thinking about your dad and talking about him will eventually turn from a really gut-wrenching experience into something positive for you and others. It took me many years, but I found some peace. Keep the Yahama plugged in! My daughter still plays the Fun Machine and the spirit of Don marches on. Hi Beth,

Thanks for writing and I’m very sorry to hear about your Dad. I’m not a man for doling out wisdom, but thinking about your dad and talking about him will eventually turn from a really gut-wrenching experience into something positive for you and others. It took me many years, but I found some peace.

Keep the Yahama plugged in! My daughter still plays the Fun Machine and the spirit of Don marches on.

]]> By: Jeff Lyons http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-2410 Jeff Lyons Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:27:00 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-2410 Hi Beth, Thanks for writing and I'm very sorry to hear about your Dad. I'm not a man for doling out wisdom, but thinking about your dad and talking about him will eventually turn from a really gut-wrenching experience into something positive for you and others. It took me many years, but I found some peace. Keep the Yahama plugged in! My daughter still plays the Fun Machine and the spirit of Don marches on. Hi Beth,

Thanks for writing and I’m very sorry to hear about your Dad. I’m not a man for doling out wisdom, but thinking about your dad and talking about him will eventually turn from a really gut-wrenching experience into something positive for you and others. It took me many years, but I found some peace.

Keep the Yahama plugged in! My daughter still plays the Fun Machine and the spirit of Don marches on.

]]> By: Beth http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Beth Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:21:42 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-531 I'm so grateful and glad that I found this entry. I am coming up on the first anniversary of my own fun dad's untimely passing and I have been struggling to know just how to honor him in the way he would want and I think, after reading this, I will spend some time writing down the things he did that my brothers, sister, mom and I loved... Including the Christmas a truck pulled up and dropped off a Yamaha organ! No joke. Our dad's were cut from the same cloth I think. Thanks so much for this. All the very best to you. I’m so grateful and glad that I found this entry. I am coming up on the first anniversary of my own fun dad’s untimely passing and I have been struggling to know just how to honor him in the way he would want and I think, after reading this, I will spend some time writing down the things he did that my brothers, sister, mom and I loved… Including the Christmas a truck pulled up and dropped off a Yamaha organ! No joke. Our dad’s were cut from the same cloth I think.

Thanks so much for this. All the very best to you.

]]> By: Beth http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-2417 Beth Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:21:00 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-2417 I'm so grateful and glad that I found this entry. I am coming up on the first anniversary of my own fun dad's untimely passing and I have been struggling to know just how to honor him in the way he would want and I think, after reading this, I will spend some time writing down the things he did that my brothers, sister, mom and I loved... Including the Christmas a truck pulled up and dropped off a Yamaha organ! No joke. Our dad's were cut from the same cloth I think. Thanks so much for this. All the very best to you. I’m so grateful and glad that I found this entry. I am coming up on the first anniversary of my own fun dad’s untimely passing and I have been struggling to know just how to honor him in the way he would want and I think, after reading this, I will spend some time writing down the things he did that my brothers, sister, mom and I loved… Including the Christmas a truck pulled up and dropped off a Yamaha organ! No joke. Our dad’s were cut from the same cloth I think.

Thanks so much for this. All the very best to you.

]]> By: Jeff Lyons http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Jeff Lyons Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:03:58 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-526 Thanks DJ! Thanks to dad, I can't eat a pancake unless it at least 14 inches in diameter. Donnie ruled. Thanks DJ! Thanks to dad, I can’t eat a pancake unless it at least 14 inches in diameter. Donnie ruled.

]]> By: Jeff Lyons http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-2412 Jeff Lyons Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:03:00 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-2412 Thanks DJ! Thanks to dad, I can't eat a pancake unless it at least 14 inches in diameter. Donnie ruled. Thanks DJ! Thanks to dad, I can’t eat a pancake unless it at least 14 inches in diameter. Donnie ruled.

]]> By: DJ Lyons http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-525 DJ Lyons Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:36:00 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-525 "Big D" did some cooking in the army, so I'll get to the point. My brother and I would be downstairs getting ready to head over to the marina to play some soccer. Dad didn't make a light breakfast on "game day" because as a coach he made sure we ate a "full" meal at 7:00 AM. Most kids ate some fruit to prepare for 60 minutes of running around, "Big D" made sure we had the "PANCAKE"! It wasn't pancake's plural, it was a cake. Dad poured the batter into the frying pan and created one huge cake that could feed a battalion getting ready for D-DAY. My brother and I thought this was pregame ritual for everybody on the team and didn't think otherwise. My dad even let me have a few cups of coffee with my "Cake" to get ready for Bayhead, Bradley Beach, or Avon. Jeff and I ran like wind for the entire first half as Big D coached us on. Once half time hit and the rest of the kids ran to the sidelines to hydrate and grab some more fruit and water Jeff and I had other plans. The port-a-johns were right behind the goal and we both had a "calling" thanks to the "Cakes" and coffee that dad made for us before the game. While "Big D" would give a pep talk and George Parker would hand out 2nd half assignments, Jeff and I sat for 20 minutes of halftime thanking my father for the gift of coffee and the "CAKE" in the stalls. Great man, great fun and what a great place to grow up.. Belmar. “Big D” did some cooking in the army, so I’ll get to the point. My brother and I would be downstairs getting ready to head over to the marina to play some soccer. Dad didn’t make a light breakfast on “game day” because as a coach he made sure we ate a “full” meal at 7:00 AM. Most kids ate some fruit to prepare for 60 minutes of running around, “Big D” made sure we had the “PANCAKE”! It wasn’t pancake’s plural, it was a cake. Dad poured the batter into the frying pan and created one huge cake that could feed a battalion getting ready for D-DAY. My brother and I thought this was pregame ritual for everybody on the team and didn’t think otherwise. My dad even let me have a few cups of coffee with my “Cake” to get ready for Bayhead, Bradley Beach, or Avon. Jeff and I ran like wind for the entire first half as Big D coached us on. Once half time hit and the rest of the kids ran to the sidelines to hydrate and grab some more fruit and water Jeff and I had other plans. The port-a-johns were right behind the goal and we both had a “calling” thanks to the “Cakes” and coffee that dad made for us before the game. While “Big D” would give a pep talk and George Parker would hand out 2nd half assignments, Jeff and I sat for 20 minutes of halftime thanking my father for the gift of coffee and the “CAKE” in the stalls. Great man, great fun and what a great place to grow up.. Belmar.

]]> By: DJ Lyons http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-2411 DJ Lyons Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:36:00 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-2411 "Big D" did some cooking in the army, so I'll get to the point. My brother and I would be downstairs getting ready to head over to the marina to play some soccer. Dad didn't make a light breakfast on "game day" because as a coach he made sure we ate a "full" meal at 7:00 AM. Most kids ate some fruit to prepare for 60 minutes of running around, "Big D" made sure we had the "PANCAKE"! It wasn't pancake's plural, it was a cake. Dad poured the batter into the frying pan and created one huge cake that could feed a battalion getting ready for D-DAY. My brother and I thought this was pregame ritual for everybody on the team and didn't think otherwise. My dad even let me have a few cups of coffee with my "Cake" to get ready for Bayhead, Bradley Beach, or Avon. Jeff and I ran like wind for the entire first half as Big D coached us on. Once half time hit and the rest of the kids ran to the sidelines to hydrate and grab some more fruit and water Jeff and I had other plans. The port-a-johns were right behind the goal and we both had a "calling" thanks to the "Cakes" and coffee that dad made for us before the game. While "Big D" would give a pep talk and George Parker would hand out 2nd half assignments, Jeff and I sat for 20 minutes of halftime thanking my father for the gift of coffee and the "CAKE" in the stalls. Great man, great fun and what a great place to grow up.. Belmar. “Big D” did some cooking in the army, so I’ll get to the point. My brother and I would be downstairs getting ready to head over to the marina to play some soccer. Dad didn’t make a light breakfast on “game day” because as a coach he made sure we ate a “full” meal at 7:00 AM. Most kids ate some fruit to prepare for 60 minutes of running around, “Big D” made sure we had the “PANCAKE”! It wasn’t pancake’s plural, it was a cake. Dad poured the batter into the frying pan and created one huge cake that could feed a battalion getting ready for D-DAY. My brother and I thought this was pregame ritual for everybody on the team and didn’t think otherwise. My dad even let me have a few cups of coffee with my “Cake” to get ready for Bayhead, Bradley Beach, or Avon. Jeff and I ran like wind for the entire first half as Big D coached us on. Once half time hit and the rest of the kids ran to the sidelines to hydrate and grab some more fruit and water Jeff and I had other plans. The port-a-johns were right behind the goal and we both had a “calling” thanks to the “Cakes” and coffee that dad made for us before the game. While “Big D” would give a pep talk and George Parker would hand out 2nd half assignments, Jeff and I sat for 20 minutes of halftime thanking my father for the gift of coffee and the “CAKE” in the stalls. Great man, great fun and what a great place to grow up.. Belmar.

]]> By: jeff http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-529 jeff Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:51:11 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-529 Thanks to you too Leanna. He certainly was :) Thanks to you too Leanna. He certainly was :)

]]> By: jeff http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-2415 jeff Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:51:00 +0000 http://usedwigs.com/my-fun-dad/#comment-2415 Thanks to you too Leanna. He certainly was :) Thanks to you too Leanna. He certainly was :)

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