missing fathers on the net
My father died when I was eight. Here are other folks honouring their dads on the net.on a little different tack, Steven Larsen lost his son at two years. Demonstrative of a father's love, he waxes poetical about the profound effect a life can have, regardless how physically small or nonverbal that presence may be. This is an expansive virtual shrine. Emily Anne Merkler lost her father when she was 18 months old. This is a straightforward story of wrestling with memory and the loss of a father to epilepsy. Reflections of Dad charts his story through photographs, finishing with a moving image of him bed-stricken with parkinsons.
A picture and two poems to honour Robert E. Condon killed in military action.
From the artsy site the place has a storied section Life with Father. More polished than the other tributes, this is a 30 page poetic/artistic exploration of one man's sense of loss.
Werner Brandt has put up a page to commemorate his father, Henry W. Brandt. Simple poetic memory.
Russ Nelson has put up a page to commemorate his father, Russell Edward Nelson. Many pictures up at this site, old drivers licenses, scanned text archives.
Fatherhood and Fatherlessness is formal resources on the subject.
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