🏈 Dabo Sweeny's Dad passes

[bamachine]

I do not yet know what it is like to lose my father(hope it isn't for some years) but I do know what it is like to lose my mother. I am close to my dad but nowhere as close as I was to my mom(yeah, momma's boy here). Dad worked as a millwright in Rome, GA(Ga Kraft), Birmingham(US Steel), Scottsboro(TVA Bellefonte) and Athens, TN(Bowater) for most of my childhood. All but the TVA job, he was gone all week and came home on weekends(had a travel trailer).

I spent much more time with my mom. She was a bigger sports fan than he was, possibly because of me(all 4 of my older brothers were out of the house by the time I was 6 yo). In most sports, she would pick one team, I picked the rival. Bama and the Raiders were our only common rooting interest. She was a Celtics fan, me a Lakers fan(Bird vs Magic), she was a Redskins fan, me a Cowboys fan(I liked Tom Landry, reminded me of Bryant), she was a Braves fan, I was a Dodgers fan(I liked both Lasorda and Valenzuela). The only teams she kept watching after I quit caring about any pro sports was Bama and the Braves, which really makes me think it was just because of me that she watched the NFL and NBA. I lost her 7 years ago and I still wish I could call her every day.

 

[alabama mike]

Wow! I have been touched by the outpouring of comfort and compassion shown by our posters. I know we raze each other a lot and most of the time we deserve it but this thread is great to read and be a small part of. Thanks!

 

[Mr. Pink]

Hate that he lost his father, but glad his father got to see him succeed and get to where he is now. I'm sure he will be with Dabo on those sidelines as he kicks some ACC ass this year. Go gettem Dabo!

 

[2Stater]

What I keep thinking about, and I don't know why, is that in a few years I will have lived longer without mine as I lived with him. Most people don't experience this. And I'm no that old.

Same here, GS. I was 23 when my father died. He was to be the best man at my wedding to my first wife. He died a week before the wedding. It was an omen that I should have paid attention to. We went ahead with the wedding to help keep my mother occupied, but that marriage only lasted 1 1/2 years.

@ 11 - I'm guessing you are being leaned on heavily by your parents and it's hard to be strong in that situation. Just be there for them. Prayers to you and your family.