I wanted to show Raz some respect in the thread regarding the passing of his grandmother, but wanted to share about my dad passing. My dad was absolutely amazing. Here is the link to his obiturary, Charles Leroy Edwards Sr Sept 17. http://www.legacy.com/ToledoBlade/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&Pers..94585636
If you read it you will notice 18 kids listed. Those are either his biological kids or the kids that him and mom have adopted. It does not include the over 70 kids that they have cared for as foster parents since 1989. 9 of the kids listed are still at home with the youngest being 6 months old. Last Saturday I was just jotting down a few things about dad, I'm not a writer or anything but my dad and I had a great relationship and these are just a few of the things I will always remember.
He taught me the meaning of "Pretty is as Pretty does". He taught me to drive even if he yelled cause I didn't use my mirrors. He tackled me in a mud puddle and squirted me down with the garden hose just minutes before a big date. He put toothpaste in my hair while I slept to get me back for the vinegar in his coffee. He stood in the hallway at my high school graduation because the gym was so packed he couldn't get in but he still wanted to hear them call my name. He loved anchovies on his pizza. He hated salad, "I'm not a rabbit, Viriginia". He had the greatest little pharses: "You can be replaced, not very easily, but you can be replaced". His hair was always perfect, so I of course would always walk past his chair while he read his paper and rub my hand through it to mess it up. He was an extremely hard worker. He may not have believed in God, but he taught me to have Faith if it was what I felt I needed.
A little side note about the obituary, Dad and I constantly tried to "one up" each other. My brother put the obituary together, going through years of me and dad and our picking at each other John Allen did two things that he knew would absolutely make me smile, well in all honesty when I first read it it made me cry... But now I smile. The first, all the kids are listed by age, except me I actually should be the third oldest daughter, but dad would always say when asked about about his kids, "and last but not least theres My Candida". Second my middle name is Lee yet my dad always called me "Candida Marie", so there I am listed as Candida M.
Sorry didn't mean to ramble, but I could go on and on about my dad.
If you read it you will notice 18 kids listed. Those are either his biological kids or the kids that him and mom have adopted. It does not include the over 70 kids that they have cared for as foster parents since 1989. 9 of the kids listed are still at home with the youngest being 6 months old. Last Saturday I was just jotting down a few things about dad, I'm not a writer or anything but my dad and I had a great relationship and these are just a few of the things I will always remember.
He taught me the meaning of "Pretty is as Pretty does". He taught me to drive even if he yelled cause I didn't use my mirrors. He tackled me in a mud puddle and squirted me down with the garden hose just minutes before a big date. He put toothpaste in my hair while I slept to get me back for the vinegar in his coffee. He stood in the hallway at my high school graduation because the gym was so packed he couldn't get in but he still wanted to hear them call my name. He loved anchovies on his pizza. He hated salad, "I'm not a rabbit, Viriginia". He had the greatest little pharses: "You can be replaced, not very easily, but you can be replaced". His hair was always perfect, so I of course would always walk past his chair while he read his paper and rub my hand through it to mess it up. He was an extremely hard worker. He may not have believed in God, but he taught me to have Faith if it was what I felt I needed.
A little side note about the obituary, Dad and I constantly tried to "one up" each other. My brother put the obituary together, going through years of me and dad and our picking at each other John Allen did two things that he knew would absolutely make me smile, well in all honesty when I first read it it made me cry... But now I smile. The first, all the kids are listed by age, except me I actually should be the third oldest daughter, but dad would always say when asked about about his kids, "and last but not least theres My Candida". Second my middle name is Lee yet my dad always called me "Candida Marie", so there I am listed as Candida M.
Sorry didn't mean to ramble, but I could go on and on about my dad.
