Life goes on.
As I look back on the last 27 yrs, I wonder what it would have been like if he was still alive 2day. So many times did I wish I could just hold or hug him. More times I wished I could call him. This became worse once my mum passed away. I think its really unfair that we never get to ask them any advice no more. Who would give you better advice than a parent?
I wonder what they would have made of modern day living. (Both my parents passed away before we had mobile phones in Namibia for instance).
I wonder if they would approve of the life I'm living. My mum was so sure I would get married that she even had a wedding present for me already. I have been moving that with me for the last 13 years since she passed away.
I'm very proud of the parents I had, they have left a heritage to be proud of for us to keep safe and to keep alive. Would they approve of the way I'm doing it. Thinking of it.. there was no Internet in Nam then too. But... if I can choose.. even as a 38 yr old woman, I would have rather have my father in my life than the hero who died.
27 Years later, and I can still cry for him. I love you Dad. I hope we will live up to your expectations of us.
My thoughts are with all the families from 61 Mech Btn GP that lost a loved one on that sad day in 1982.
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I lost my father too during the period when Ops Daisy (November 1981) was on. I was fortunate enough to be sent back to SA and was able to be with him when he passed away. I dont know if I ever came to terms with his death. At the point when I could understand him best he was taken away from our family. He was a veteran of WW2 and now so many years later I understand why he attached so much importance to remembering his long lost comrades.
We must never forget.
Today I attended the unveiling of the 61 Mechanised Battalion Group Memorial at the National Museum of Military History. It was a very moving moment, and I saw the names of your father and of my friends and I thought of you. They have not been forgotten.
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