A Great Man... October 7, 1927 - May 16th, 2008
This weekend I am going up to Canada with my family to celebrate the life of my father, Wolfgand Max Vetter. He passed away last Friday and the memorial will be this Saturday the 24th. We will all miss him and we cherish the time that we were able to spend with him. This is my contribution to the memorial. It will be printed on the Program/leaflet that will be passed out to the attendees of his memorial.
Poem for My Father
A father's love is seldom seen, but through a daughter's eyes,
We know that he is always there, should any need arise
He helps us with school projects, he always does his part,
His loving hands help to create, wonderful works of art
His hands so big and strong, hold ours when we are small,
And later uses skills to make jewels for one and all
The times I have him to myself when it is just us two,
To Disneyland and Walt Disney World, alas they are too few,
A man of many talents some sprinkled down to those
The daughters that are here, in us his talents flow,
In my life there will never be a wish for something better
My Papi was the world to me, this man...Wolfgand Vetter.
Please keep our family in your prayers during this difficult time.
For those of you who know us best, you know that all of us "Vetter girls" are very emotional, so yes, this weekend will be a cryfest!
4 comments:
that is a very beautiful poem carolyn. So sorry for your loss
As a father with daughters, thanks for the poem. It's not about me, but it helps me remember what the long terms feelings will be when we get past the angst of the pre-teen and teen years.
Our condolences to you and your family as you work your way through your loss. You know that our thoughts are with you.
Nice pictures of your father. He participated in some significant history in his life and, even from my limited experience with him, have to agree that he was a great man!
It's been 11 years since my Dad died and I still miss him. I didn't get used to having him gone, but did get used to the pain involved. We will keep you in our prayers
Thank you for all your prayers and sentiments, we all did pretty good during our time up in Canada with our mom and the whole memorial. We cried, we laughed and we were glad we were all there together to comfort each other!
Kudos to my sis Connie for putting everything together and helping my mom through the worst time.
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