Basil B. "Carp" Carpenter

Dad, I miss you! I wish you were here!

DAD, I don't know what today is in history, but you've been on my mind all day. It seems every time I think of you I can't stop crying. We were cleaning the basement and I found everything I'd saved on you and Mom. My eyes hurt from crying. It seems like yesterday that you were in my kitchen. It's time to put up the XMas tree again, and every year I hate to put it up because it reminds me of the last time I was able to talk to you. It was the beginning of the end of your life, under my...

Dad - I miss you. One of our friends just died suddenly at age 56 and it has brought back so many memories. It's also Thanksgiving and a time that you loved so much. It's almost 7 years since you left us and over 21 since Mom died. And yet, life goes on, but memories stay with us and my heart is still crying for you. You don't seem to want to leave me. Your trust and estate still hang on and won't close, no matter what I do. It's a constant reminder of you and how you used to laugh...

Dad- over two years since anyone wrote to you. Don't think we don't think of you every day - we do. Today is father's day, and I've thought about you all day. All the kids and their families and friends are coming over for dinner and swimming. Mike is out in his garden, Matt is at home baking a cake since Kanda is at work. Good for him. He does the laundry and housework also. Jon is building a man cave in the basement. He has most of the basement waterproofed - except the back wall...

hey big guy its been a very long time since i have been here. wow the time flys when you are so busy. just thought i drop a line to you and say that we all really miss you still and not a day goes by without you coming up in our thoughts some way. kids are growing like weeds. wow its still hard to believe i have three kids and jon has two kids. but its true.
well love ya and miss ya

Hello Basil I know that I never got to really meet you but I have heard wonderful things about you. Matt is always talking about you and how great you were. He really misses you, But you would be really proud of him. He has three wonderful children that he loves very much. He is such a good father to them. Alexis acts just like him. Some days it's really scary. I really wish you could have seen the kids. Well I just thought I would let you know that you helped raise a wonderful man and...

HEY BIG GUY! WHATS UP? NOT MUCH HERE. JUST GOING WITH THE FLOW ANYMORE. I HAVE THREE KIDS THAT JUST KEEP GROWING LIKE WEEDS. WOW I HAVE THREE KIDS! WELL ALL ARE DOING WELL AND GOOD. WELL JUST THOUGHT I WOULD CHECK IN ON YOU AND SAY HEY. WELL LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU.

Happy Father's Day Dad - Damn I wish you were here. Today would have been YOUR day. Not so much that it honored you as a father, but it was a slow relaxing day with the kids coming as their schedules allowed and a relaxed visit. Actually Father's Day started last night when we went to visit Jon. Mike helped him with a few things around the house and then Jon fixed us steaks and potatoes for dinner. We had watermelon and undercooked brownies to top it off. It was a peaceful evening. The...

Godd night Dad. I love you.