Twenty-one Years

My father left us 21 years ago today. Father’s Day. The day before my birthday. Three events wrapped together.

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Gretchen Staebler

I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home and fell in love with this corner of the country again. I am a grandmother, a storywriter, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer. Check out my website (and my memoir) at www.gretchenstaebler.com. View all posts by Gretchen Staebler

3 thoughts on “Twenty-one Years”

Jan says:

June 19, 2016 at 11:50 am

21 years ….. I had just gone to visit Buff and family. Mom called us with the news. I felt sad and a bit lost. Wanted to do something to acknowledge the loss of such a kind gentle man but there was nothing to do. So Buffs kids helped me construct a floating wreath of local vegetation and flowers. We set it to sail on their pond in George’s memory. It felt like an appropriate honoring.

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1. rebecca532 says:
  
  June 19, 2016 at 9:27 pm
  
  Such a perfect honoring. Thank you for sharing Jan. I love how connected our families have been for so many many years.
  
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2. Gretchen Staebler says:
  
  June 23, 2016 at 10:10 am
  
  Thank you for this, Jan. Beautiful and yes, perfect. And what Rebecca said.
  
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