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Laura Robinson
January 22, 2012
While all the ‘engineer' comments about my dad are true, there was another side to him that a lot of people didn't know. My favorite memories, and the reason I could deal with all that left brain engineer stuff are the interests we shared. I always felt like he loved to sing, and he had a great voice…I'm not sure if he was ever encouraged to let that part of him show, but since music has always been my first love, I felt a connection with him. I remember him singing along with the radio, but oddly, only when it was the two of us in the car. I loved going to church with my dad, and singing with him. That's one of the reasons I wanted “It Is Well With My Soul� for his funeral. I could hear him singing the echo with me, and I knew it really was well with both his soul and mine.
We also shared a love of history. When I was in college, he came for Dad's weekend. I was kinda scared about how it would go, because it was the first time in my memory that we spent more than a short car ride together without someone else around. I hope he had as much fun as I did – we found & toured the David Davis Mansion and a cemetery that I think had pre-Civil War graves. My favorite memories of vacations as a child were when we visited historical places – Civil War battle sites, the Liberty Bell, and Washington DC monuments.
The other side of my Dad that most people didn't see was the fun he had dancing. I always knew that if we were at the same reception or party and I wanted to dance, he would be right there, ready to go. The last time we danced was at Tara's wedding reception. Dad always was ready to go for Shout, the Twist, and any other fun song that was playing.
I will miss the annoying way he would read an entire recipe from the paper while I was trying to read a book of my own, and I will miss his long stories. I will miss the fresh tomatoes and zucchini from his garden (and the meticulous way it was planted). I will miss the memories he would share of his childhood and the family that I never knew.
In addition to the interests we shared, I credit my dad with the annoying wave in my hair, my relatively healthy teeth, and my sarcastic, dry sense of humor. I love you, Daddy!
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