11.11 Tee

I met a man that wore pants like yours,  belt hanging on,  button up shirt with an Atkins bar in the pen pocket.  He paid in exact change,  somehow carrying every coin in his pocket. He seemed like he shouldn’t be buying the pastries that he was,  and it reminded me of you.  the same as seeing your car parked  out front without you in it.  I catch my breath. I know you are here;  I can feel you all around me. It’s getting a little easier to not feel the tears  well in my eyes,  and even easier when I met this man,  because I know your body wasn’t serving you  the way you deserved.  I know your pain was more than you admitted.  And I only hope we will meet again in the next lifetime,  but for now I will hold you close,  every 3:33 and 4:44, every $11.11 and $2.22,  I am so grateful that I can still feel you.  But it doesn’t change how much I miss you.  I accidentally called you yesterday.   A tribute to my late fathers wisdom. This design features a portion of a letter he had written mo