John McNeish McDevitt Tribute

This always asks to share a memory...I have sooooo many :-) coosing one is always difficult...however this time I had a dream about my dad the other night (probably due to the fact that I knew the anniversary of his death was near)

In the dream,which was actually a faint memory I think. I dreamt of my dad coming home one evening from work with a friend or two ,one a huge bear of a guy with a bushy beard and hair to match..They were all merrily tipsy laughing and joking around.Dad had a stuffed toy (a buffalo ! ) for my son who was very young at the time..They insisted on waking him up to receive this gift much to mine and my mums annoyance ! and my sons delight...not at the gift but at the sight of his granda and his mates being silly ....still got the Buffalo in the attic somewhere .This happened over 30 years ago ....
next time I will share another of my memories with you...I have over 50 years worth
love you always Dad
your princess xxxxxx

Dear Dad

I thought of you today,but that is nothing new,
I thhought about you yesterday,and days before that too.
I think of you in silence,I often speak your name,
All I have are memories ,ans a picture in a frame,
Your memory is a keepsake,from which I'll never part
God has you in his arms,I have you in my heart

P.L

I wanted to call you today to say I love you, but your old number is no longer in service. I tried the operator but she said sorry I have no number for you. I tried to go to your house but you don't live there anymore. The post office has no forwarding address. I guess heaven is just to far away. I love you, I miss you. You are in my heart always.

I pinched this from my sons status on Facebook...as ever thinking of his beloved granda ...
miss you as much as ever dad 'specially at Christmastime xxxx

another Christmas and anniversary without you dad...My son Robert is 16 today and on this day 16 years ago mum delivered him,nice anniversary present for you both (",)
They say time heals and I guess this is true, but the family all know Christmas was your time and we all feel the pain of being without you at this time of the year
love always Margaret

Beyond the fog! Beyond the horizon!
Here, where the ocean spreads itself,
As a boundless stretch of the deep,
And impenetrable expanse of sky.

Here I left my youth,
And my unfulfilled hopes,
And the further future of my fate,
On the ocean trade routes.

Under the sky of the tropical sun,
And the icy winds of the North.
On the seas of East and West,
And on the great rivers pouring forth.

Fate throws down challenges and surprise,
Gives you what you least expect,
Strikes unexpectedly like a hurricane,
Gives opportunities and opens gates.

I am an old sea dog!
Whisky and rum use to course
In my youthful veins,
And I confronted all adversity.

Today I live off my memories,
On my experiences from far off ports,
And memorable cities close to my heart,
Visited in the course of my wanderings.

Today the old salt no longer
Can traverse the oceans and seas.
But from somewhere just beyond the horizon,
The song of breaking waters he still hears.
Here, my longing increases
Fate will carry me off
To eternal and limitless wandering.

I shall leave behind and abandon all those that I love.
And take my place at the entrance in the Heavenly Port,
And I humbly beseech the Star of the Seas
To sign me onto her crew
Sailing under the flag of Victory

always in our hearts and in our thoughts ,especially on anniversaries ,love you Dad