*** candy corn with dad ***

i like to visit with my dad regularly..
especially this time of year
before snow falls
&
the ground is to cold for me to sit
&
stay long...

on my halloween visit ...
i bring candy corn
he liked candy corn...
&
i
sit...
just sit
but within minutes
i'm crying...
it has been since july 2008
&
time hasn't made it easier...

yesterday was a tough day ...
i found myself just blocks from him
so i decided
to drop by for a halloween visit

there was a lot of action there ...
not so much in visitors
but in workers...
i sat and watched them dig the graves
...
it's a big machine with an auger..
the man with the machine
was in his 40's
gentle kind face..
broad shouldered ...
what a job!
i was fascinated ...
i could have sat there for hours watching him...

then there was a couple..
they looked in their 30's...
they were digging and placing the head stones...
they looked almost like a married couple
in their yard
digging and planting
annuals in the garden...
shovel..small hand tools...
again
i was fascinated ...

there was such a calm...
it didn't feel like an everyday routine
it was calm...
respectful...
peaceful..
loving..

just what i needed.

i snapped these photos with my phone while i sat..
watching...
munching candy corn
&
crying...

i know what a sight huh?

they turned out
calm
misty
&
peaceful

i'm hoping it's my dads spirit
hugging me

hoping.....

~ maggie ~