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Remembering Daddy

Dear Daddy,how I miss you! 
     gone so very long.
But your eyes still sparkle and 
      I hear your life’s sweet song.

To be kind and forever a giver, to my 
      fellow man and woman.
To be forever a child of God, truthful, 
       and a compassionate human!

You gave more to people, than anyone 
       I have ever known.
Never looking to be king of the day, 
        neither a follower, with a groan!

One August 30th, you died in your bed, 
         Mom, and a gold cross at your side.
Angels came quickly, and up to heaven~
         your final, heaven bound ride!

Your values, which you passed on to me.
         sing loudly, in all my lines of poetry
You wisely taught me right from wrong,
          to not be a peacock, in any throng!



In memory of my father, Edward who went
home to God on August 30,1984.


Blessed by you, Daddy!
Love, Panagiota

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Hilda Greenhough Date: 8/31/2024 4:06:00 PM Oh, how sad . Thank you for letting readers know this story of a beautiful person. I can see he still lives within yourveart. Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 8/31/2024 8:37:00 PM I am so much like him. Though he was stellar in comparison.way more, so! I thought about him all day yesterday He just gave to a lot of people it didn’t matter family, friend.or stranger.. So I said, he lives in my poetry. And I never thought of it till I wrote the poem. I see nothing sad in that poem at all.. because we are all going to meet the God one day! That’s why we were born to live a good life and go to God. Life is not heaven in anyway.. I haven’t been there yet, but hopefully I can join my Father.)) Thank you, Hilda, Pangie

Daniel Henry Rodgers Date: 8/30/2024 11:26:00 AM Dear Pangie, What a wonderful devotion to your amazing father. It is great to see that there are fathers in the world who are full of life. - Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 8/30/2024 5:39:00 PM Dear Daniel~ I have seen other fathers, cruel to their children and quite abusive. Mothers, also, even teachers!Thoughts from my past amd my relationship with him have been floating through my mind all day. Like rose petals on a serene pond. I think we should honor the dead, but not try to make believe they are alive as the living need our compassion! I read Kubler-Ross… Marvelous.. thank you.. Pangie

Gershon Wolf Date: 8/30/2024 10:25:00 AM May your father glow with pride at his daughter Pangie, a righteous bas-Noach, and take comfort and delight in Maria and Eddie as well. ~ Gershon Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/31/2024 7:53:00 PM I'm sure HaShem is awesome enough to be very aware of how you and your family are doing Him proud!! :) gw Panagiota Romios Date: 8/30/2024 5:27:00 PM Gershon, what a beautiful comment. I thank you! I think HaShem has him doing bigger jobs somehow! Hopefully, he is aware of how accomplished both Eddie(his namesake) is and the compassion and service , his grand daughter is to the universe. She is somuch like him!! Boundless care for others, and never hunting a reward for herself. Although she is more than deserving! bas Noach, Pangie.

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 8/30/2024 10:24:00 AM Hello Panagiota, lovely tribute to your father. Hugs. /Darlene/ xxx Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 8/31/2024 10:52:00 AM Hello Panagiota, you are welcome. Hugs. xxx / Darlene/ Panagiota Romios Date: 8/30/2024 10:49:00 AM Hello, Darlene~ Thank you for your time today? Hugs, from Pangie and her cat! Xxx

Paula Goldsmith Date: 8/30/2024 9:34:00 AM What a lovely write/tribute for your dad. A great picture. You were very blessed to have a wonderful dad. Great memories are the best kind to have. Enjoy your weekend with blessings....................... Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 8/30/2024 10:46:00 AM Thank you, Paula! My Dad was good to so many people. Some, hurt him, as a way to say Thank You? I have had the same exprience! It is awful but I realize now,how very sick people are in the head. I never play “Sally Sunshine”. I like to live in this real world. Even though it can be painful. I love finding beautiful human beings in my garden on this earth, Daddy was one of them~ he gave more than he ever received. That’s very unique. A magnicent lesson for all of us.”Serving others, instead of selfishness and seeking our own glorication.” Pangie

Elena Eagle Date: 8/30/2024 7:35:00 AM A wonderful poem about your Dad. Your love and memories of him are put beautifully via this piece. An amazing piece for us to read. Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 8/30/2024 9:31:00 AM Good day, Elena. He was a terrivic man, raised by his father, who was sweet as sugar. Growing up with loving men, was a blessed childhhos and a Mother who read poetry to me way, way before I ever went to school. Your words are appreciated, Thank you, Pangie

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/29/2024 10:01:00 PM A heartfelt tribute to your father Pangie, he was one in a million. Tom Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 8/29/2024 11:04:00 PM Hi Tom! You have been on my mind all day. I found a letter you wrote me and it was underneath some other emails so I will answer you tomorrow. Please do forgive me.. ah you would have liked my Dad, he loves people that was his thing. That was why he was so successful in business. and he always had a joke for everything and a very big heart for every man! A truly amazing person. He was not impressed with himself as I said. He was more interested in. What did you need? What could he do for you? And like you said , one in a million )) even though you never met him you got the point so fast. You are very much his twin, even though he was not born in the UK. Both of you put others before yourself and full of good humor! Cheers, Pangie

Robert L. Hinshaw Date: 8/29/2024 7:29:00 PM A beautiful tribute to your Dad, Pangie! He indeed was a wonderful father. I thank God everyday for my hard-working Dad (and Mom) who gave me life and directed me to walk in God's path, Bob H Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 8/29/2024 7:43:00 PM Hello Bob! Looks like we both had great parents, their influnce doe not leade when they pass! I know you passed this on to your children and to your grandchildren, right? Those examples of hard work, do effect us. My grandfather, Father and Mother were all pateiots. Church was a must. You are a sterling soul. Pangie xx

Beryl Edmonds Date: 8/29/2024 6:12:00 PM Dear Pangie, you were blessed. This is a wonderful testimonial to your father… Beryl Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 8/29/2024 7:11:00 PM Greetings, Beryl! Indeed, having a father who walks his yak, as they say, is truly a gifi. I am so glad you really acknowledged my Father, as well as me, dad’s love for others was boundless. Though others hurt him, he still kept going, no matter how ignored he was! He was much bigger than their small hearts! Tons of courage in the face of huge adversity.wow! Thank you, Pangie xx