Posted by Cheryl | Posted on 21-07-2010
Category : Love It
http://www.dayswithmyfather.com/
I found this website called dayswithmyfather, no idea how, and I couldn’t help but shed a few tears at my work desk. But it touched me deeply as Phillip Toledano described & photographed his experiences with his Father. Having seen 3 of my Grandparents slowly pass away, from various causes (all abnormal if you ask me), this writer touched me. As I watch this older generation of lovely, truly astounding people pass on it makes me sad. I think they are the generation that kept us grounded. The ladies were sassy (in the most charming way, like our own GW), and magnificent, then men were gentlemen, and dashing.
They were a driven generation, ambitious to a fault. They are amazing and a great loss to our world. It is hard for me to see them go, the neighbors I grew up with are slowly slipping away, the teachers from school, even those who passed by my house every Sunday for there evening walks aren’t there anymore. They are just moving on.
My Mother’s side, the Swiss in Us, battles Alzheimer’s. I have seen my Great Grandmother, a couple of my Great Aunts and now Great Uncle battle this disease, it is complicated and demoralizing. You wonder where this person came from, it’s like your meeting them again, and there not who you remember. This is not a battle I wish any family to come up against, it is trying to the core. 
But in the silver lining in my mind i think there is a special place in heaven for those who battle these illnesses, and a special place for those who take care of and love them through it. It takes an Amazing amount of love, truly the divine kind, indescribable by any earthly words. But I think Phillip put it beautifully in one of his last photos;
“I feel luck to have had these last three years. To have left nothing unsaid. To know that we loved each other nakedly, without embarrassment. To have felt his pride at my accomplishments. And to have discovered how funny he was. . . . . What an amazing gift.”
I love how he said “we loved each other nakedly” which I feel to be the deepest kind of love where you “knew the worst thing about each other and it’s ok.” (another favorite quote from a film) But that is true love the kind that last and pushes us through the hard times, the kind that I think Phillip describes so beautifully on his
website. So if you get a chance wander over there and find your way through his website and read the entry’s he has to share, you will be changed for the better!
Thank you Phillip for sharing your story and Your Father!
Photos by; Phillip Toledano
It’s something that I think My Mr and I could attach to our subeedoo and roam across the country with. It’s not actually meant for travel, and we would probably need a travel version to be able to tote around, and well while we are being honest I doubt My Mr could keep it that white on a camping trip, dirt doesn’t do well with white! So I guess this design is really for the minimalist home lovers,and those who don’t cook, because I don’t see a kitchen stashed in there somewhere. 
Obviously space is limited, but there is a tiny piece of me that thinks “could I live that simply?” And I don’t think so, but it’s a cool concept! Check all of it out here!
And so it is for me, though we’re not in NY and it’s no where near fall, none the less school supply season is on! I love this time of year, when the school supplies fill the shelves and I think, “holy cow kids now days are spoiled”, our stuff was so boring back then! There is some amazingly cool stuff, those lunch boxes are AWESOME, so cute I want one for me!
ok maybe I got a couple of things for old times sake! A new planner was in order to replace this 
