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January 29, 2007
Away on a much needed break
I got on a plane and left, I’m outta here! You can't see it, but there's a big grin on my face. (Actually it's huge.) After a very busy start to 2007, I’m off to visit my family in South Africa until February 10th. Unfortunately I won’t be able to post any blogs while I'm away this time, but please go ahead and read some of the older stories you may of forgotten, or never got around to reading, and I will share my wonderful visit with you when I return after a well-needed battery recharge.
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January 14, 2007
Trevor and I have just returned back from our USO tour to Okinawa and Guam. As you can see from the photograph I had a great time. This was my first trip abroad with Trevor and I am so grateful that he took me with him. As soon as Trevor surfaces from behind his jet-lagged veil, I will interview him about the trip and what it meant to him.
au revior
Daring "Dave" Anvil
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January 06, 2007
Due to overwhelming comment spam (almost 200 a day) the comments will be deactivated until our return.
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January 02, 2007
Don't Wait
I took this photograph of a father and his son playing in the surf during a vacation two years ago. I was so touched and inspired by this man’s overwhelming love for his child. The way he cherished his boy reminded me of my dad.
I wrote my father the following letter a few years ago:
Dear Dad,
I just wanted to thank you so much for the fantastic childhood you and mom gave me. I often want to be a child again so that I can feel the love, warmth, joy and security you always gave me.
Although money was very hard to come by while we were growing up, I never felt deprived of anything. Your love has given me more wealth than money could ever buy.
I will never forget the time you held me in your arms when I was so badly stung by the Jelly Fish in Durban.
I will never forget your tears when I went into surgery at six years old to have my severely squint left eye repaired.
I will never forget the one single tear that ran down your smiling check when you took me to Linksfield Primary School on my first day.
I will never forget you adjusting my tie before the high school dance. (I will always remember your smile and wink as I turned to say goodbye to you at the front door.)
I will never forget you passing me a care package through the barbed wire fence after our twelve weeks of basic training. (I can still feel your hand ruffling my hair as I sobbed, begging you to take me away from the two years of military training that ripped my childhood out of my soul and left it whimpering alongside the road to Fourth Field Regiment.)
I will never forget waving goodbye to you when I left South Africa. Not knowing if I would ever see you again. In my mind I still see the slow motion image of you with your arm around mom waving goodbye to me as I boarded the plane.
Thank you dad for giving me the best childhood a person could ever hope for.
Love Trev
My mum says my dad cried as hard as she’d ever seen him cry when he received my letter.
The letter took me months to send because I wanted to add so much to it and didn’t know how to end it. Eventually I sent it as is.
I’m so glad I did.
Two weeks later my father passed away suddenly. Stunned, I flew home from America to be with my family. (The flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg was the longest 18 hours I have ever experienced in my life.)
At home, while helping my mum sort through my dad’s belongings I found the letter in his wallet.
My father died with my note in his pocket.
He died knowing how much I appreciated and loved him.
If you want somebody to know how you feel. Don’t wait. Tell them today because tomorrow might be too late
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January 01, 2007
New Year Resolution #1
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