So it is September...

@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 Sep 16

Thank you!

Our dads are about the same age, aren't they? My best friend's dad is about the same age as my dad too - in fact, they knew each other when my dad was still alive - now I often look at my friend's dad and imagine my own dad at this age...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 Sep 16

@TheHorse I remember you wrote about your auntie in NY... I imagine you'd see a bit of your parents in her... Is she your dad's or your mom's sister? My dad was an only child, he never had a son, and now we often wonder who among his grandsons would take after him at all...

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The Horse

@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 16

@sishy7 Neither of my parents made it to old age. I wonder what that would have been like as well.

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LK2018

@Letranknight2015 (52072)

• Philippines

5 Sep 16

Last time I ate pancakes was yesterday and it was a good lunch, I didn't eat it in breakfast.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 Sep 16

I have had pancakes for brunch before...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 Sep 16

@enlightenedpsych2 Hmm, yours sound so good...

I just made plain ones and we each ate them however way we chose... With butter, or maple syrup, or banana slices...

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hereandthere

@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

5 Sep 16

here at home we tend to cook pancakes for merienda (afternoon snack)

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112959)

• El Paso, Texas

5 Sep 16

I'm so sorry you lost him but I'm glad you have good memories to share with family .... oh, and us of course

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112959)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Sep 16

Well of course @sishy7 they only saw food to eat ..... so where's Da Vinci when ya need em, right?

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 Sep 16

Yes, I'm glad I took a picture at all... The flower arrangement had gone practically unnoticed by my menfolk...

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Sep 16

The pancakes are very artfully arranged, and I like the different shades - your father would have loved them.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 Sep 16

Thank you!

I didn't notice the different shades until I saw how the picture turned out...

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

6 Sep 16

Miss my dad daily as well - happy September to you

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 Sep 16

Thanks! Is it Spring yet where you are? Happy Spring anyway, I'm sure it's coming soon even if it's not there yet...

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

6 Sep 16

@sishy7 its in the air - that I can feel

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

9 Sep 16

Same to you @Inlemay.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341712)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Sep 16

Your father passed away at quite a young age then. They are never forgotten though are they?

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 Sep 16

Yes, he was... My sister and I were still in college, he never got to see his daughters got married, and none of his grandchildren met him...

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hereandthere

@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

6 Sep 16

@JudyEv i see in this post that @sishy7's sister's bday is 9/11, which is also your anniversary, right?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341712)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Sep 16

@sishy7 That's very sad. Such milestones are always a bit bittersweet then aren't they?

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much2say

@much2say (55901)

• Los Angeles, California

5 Sep 16

A fond memory of your dad on this Father's Day . . .

. . . and you could also remember him through your pancakes! What a fun arrangement of pancakes . . . surely they were gobbled up in a second

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much2say

@much2say (55901)

• Los Angeles, California

6 Sep 16

@sishy7

Well maybe because the boys are all older now . . . littler ones might be more into that (we are still into funky shaped pancakes . . . guessing what they look like and such

). How did you get it so even colored? Ours look kinda giraffe patterned

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

7 Sep 16

@much2say I don't know... I didn't really do anything or wanting it to turn up like that, so I'm not sure...

Could it be because of the pan I was using or something?

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 Sep 16

Glad I took a picture and posted it here... Feels like it's much more appreciated here...

My kids barely noticed the arrangement...

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louievill

@louievill (28851)

• Philippines

5 Sep 16

Those are great memories of your father and deep thoughts that blend with the season, thank you for sharing

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 Sep 16

Thank YOU!

Couldn't help thinking of him as I was making those pancakes...

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louievill

@louievill (28851)

• Philippines

5 Sep 16

@sishy7 oh yes there is always something we do at present that connects us to the past

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Jennifer

@LovingMyBabies (85288)

• Valdosta, Georgia

7 Sep 16

I am sure he does live on in your heart. =) As for pancakes...yuck! Lol, I have never liked them.

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Jennifer

@LovingMyBabies (85288)

• Valdosta, Georgia

7 Sep 16

@sishy7 Even as a kid I always hated them. My children do love pancakes! That's one of their favorite breakfast choices.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

7 Sep 16

Oh wow, you're a first I've ever met who has never liked them...

Do your children like them?

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

9 Sep 16

@LovingMyBabies I never heard of anyone not liking pancakes. You are a first Jennifer.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139779)

• Roseburg, Oregon

10 Sep 16

Sorry for your loss. I hope you have happy memories of him.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

10 Sep 16

Yes, I do... I only regret that I wasn't there when he passed...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

15 Sep 16

@ramapo17 My mom and my sister were with him all the way. They said he seemed like he was looking for me at first, then a very close family friend who was my age and had a similar body structure to me came to his bedside to hold his hands. He became very calm and peaceful like he was sleeping... and not very long after he passed away. Everyone who was there at the time believed he was waiting for me...

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

15 Sep 16

@sishy7 I was so glad that I held my dads hand when he passed. He was home and my brother and I were with him all the way. My sister kept going in the bedroom but didn't stay with us.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

6 Sep 16

Enjoy the new season and do what I do when you miss your dad or just want to feel close to him, talk to him. I do it all the time and especially when I am on the computer. We were back and forth on computers almost every night when it was near his end and we enjoyed every minute of it. We lived almost 2 hours away from each other until 6 months before he passed. I still talk to him a lot and many times I feel him next to me. He was 93 when he passed 3 years ago.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

9 Sep 16

@ramapo17 Yes, even when the dreams were recent, he looks the same as when he was still alive...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 Sep 16

Oh, it's wonderful how you can still feel him next to you... Sometimes my dad came to my dreams...

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

9 Sep 16

@sishy7 I have had that too. Sometimes the dreams feel so real.

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paigea

@paigea (36316)

• Canada

6 Sep 16

Happy Spring!

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 Sep 16

Thank you! Fall will be there in a couple of weeks, right? Enjoy the rest of Summer!

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paigea

@paigea (36316)

• Canada

6 Sep 16

@sishy7 we have been having several days of cool weather. Hoping we will have a few warm days left

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

9 Sep 16

@paigea I am hoping for cooler days as I hate the heat. I don't think I will ever get use to it. I also love winter clothes better too. I know, I am weird.

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LegTech

@rina110383 (24492)

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6 Sep 16

Been craving for some pancakes, can I have one of those, please?

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 Sep 16

Only if you'd start a discussion...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

10 Sep 16

@rina110383 Now that I know your reasons, I can still make you some while you're doing your remote jobs...

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LegTech

@rina110383 (24492)

•

6 Sep 16

@sishy7

I love your condition sishy. That made me laugh.

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Cristy

@magallon (19279)

• Philippines

5 Sep 16

That was so nice of you to remember your father's birthday. I'm sure he is happy where he is now. Happy birthday to him ..

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 Sep 16

Thank you! It has been so long ago, he barely saw the '90s at all, but for some reasons my mom, me, and my sister always remember the day as if he's still here with us...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 Sep 16

@magallon Oh, I see... Your children were very young when they lost their father, weren't they? My dad was really closed to my sister, and their birthdays are a week apart - next Sunday will be my sister's birthday, right on 9/11, which of course since 2001 became a significant date...

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Cristy

@magallon (19279)

• Philippines

5 Sep 16

@sishy7 the same with me and my children. We cannot avoid to remember their father on his birthday because he has the same birthdate with our youngest daughter.

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14931)

• Malaysia

8 Sep 16

The pancakes look beautiful! You gave me the idea of how I can arrange the pancakes for my children next time. Happy belated birthday to your late father.

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