Happy Birthday Doyle!

I wanted to make a tribute to one of the best fathers I have ever had the opportunity to have in my life. I will always carry my love and remembrance of the closeness and richness of our relationship

I reflect on so many memories that were punctuated by laughter and contemplation as we would reflect on the things in the world enjoying a cold beverage after sharing time on the golf course. I so fondly can recall the smile and sparkle in your eye when you would share the stories of your flying adventures and then we would laugh and remember the times we were “daredevils”. Chuck Yeager had nothing on us!

On this birthday I most of all want to say a very genuine and heartfelt thank you for bringing the most important woman into my life who helps me grow and reach my potential each day. God has blessed me with her life as we create our future and he blessed me with so short of an opportunity to get to know you and have built the relationship we shared. Thank you again sir for being the best Father in the world. Rest well, sir…

I miss you so much, Daddy and I need you so so much right now in my life! But, in these times I am left with your precious words of optimism and encouragement. Thank you for giving me the gift of always expecting things to be "ok" and the strength to get up one more time than I fall down. On your birthday, I want you to know that I will always cherish the good times we shared together. I know that I will feel complete once again when I meet you in heaven. Until then, happy birthday, Daddy! My love for you is truly never-ending! Hugs!!!!

Hi Daddy!! It seems like just yesterday when you were here and I could give you a hug and talk to you. I really could use one of those hugs and talks right now!! I love you so much and you are missed every day!! I can't wait for another hug in Heaven!!!

Happy BIrthday to the Very Best Daddy Ever!!! I Love You with All My Heart and miss you terribly!! You alway live in my heart and one day we will see each other again in heaven!! Here is a poem for you Daddy ... Happy Birthday!

My Dad Is My Friend

Fortunate are those to have a father like you,
The one who has been a friend all the way through.
You knew when you had to extend your support,
And you also knew when I had to learn to hold my own fort.
Sending wishes and prayers on your birthday,
I will hold you in my heart and think of you every minute of every day.
Happy Birthday Dear Daddy! Love, Your Sugar

Daddy, you are missed so much!! I never realized how much alike we were in our roles in the family. You were my teammate as well as my cheerleader! I so much miss you smile and laugh and optimism!! Big hugs from your sugar!! Love you so so much Daddy!!

Merry Christmas to my Daddy!! The best Christmas present I could get is a stairway to Heaven to see you Daddy! I miss and love you so so very much!!

A Poem for My Daddy in Heaven
By Michele Meleen and Shared by Tracey Bauer who loves you Daddy so very very much and I miss you each day and so much wish you were near! Happy Birthday Daddy!!

I know you can hear me
way up in heaven
because we talk
through our hearts.

Dear Daddy in heaven
I miss you every day
and I know you miss me too.

No matter how old I get
or how long you're gone,
I hear you, Daddy,
up in heaven
through the love
in my heart.

Dear Doyle,
As this year has developed and our family has changed so much in becoming closer and bringing everyone together, I can’t help but reflect on the many years since you’re passing. TheI missed opportunities to laugh, tell stories, “work” on our golf game… chances to build some many memories…As the years continue, know that you were loved, you are missed and you will be thought of fondly. Especially I want you rest in the assurance that your daughter, my soul mate has been, and will always be cared, cherished and loved. Thank you for being the father I never had Doyle and rest peacefully sir..
Love,
Your son-in-law, Rick

Dear Daddy, what I wouldn't give to feel your arms around me right now and to hear you call me "Sugar" again! This year has really been a struggle. Your words of encouragement and happy heart are with me always and help so much! I miss you with all my heart!! Love always, your daughter, Tracey

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!! I know you are there celebrating in Heaven!! I so much wish you could be here so we could cook you a wonderful meal and share laughter and hugs!! You always live on in my heart and share your strength and your optimism with me every day! Have a beautiful and blessed birthday and know that you have given me a gift every moment of all the lessons and love you share!! I love you forever!! Your Sugar, Tracey

My Dearest Daddy,
I can't believe it has been 10 years since I kissed your cheek and told you I Love you and then had to say goodbye on this earth so that you could go and walk with our Lord in Heaven. I feel you at church and all around me, looking down and giving me your positivity and encouragement that filled me always being your daughter. You gave me your best parts and those gifts are always with me! Through thick and thin you were always there to guide and protect me. You were my strength and inspiration in every need. You are always here with me even if I don’t get to see or hug you. I can feel your presence in every single breath. No matter how many decades or centuries to go by, you will be here in my heart forever. I love you Daddy! You heart goes on.

Dear Doyle,
Wow, it is hard to believe that it has already been 10 years. I truly have missed my friend and dear family member. As the years have moved on I can’t help but understand your heartbreak and disappointment 10 years ago when you realized the times we would not get to share. The times of closeness and family connection that I cherish so much. But, as time has gone on, I have been able to create a closeness and a family with your daughter. She truly has your zeal for life, the optimism to see each new day as an opportunity yet unrealized and most of all, she has your warm, caring heart and love. We both miss you sir...

Doyle,
I am thinking of you always...
You are a part of my life, my heart and my soul forever...
Thank you for being my father-in-law...
Love,
Your son-in-law, Rick

Hi Daddy!!! Happy Birthday!! There have been so many times lately when I have yearned for your cheer and optimism and comfort. I so wish I could hear your voice!! Your voice does live on though in my heart and your wisdom is instilled in me forever!! I hope you are enjoying your birthday in Heaven and know that you are loved and cherished and missed so much by your daughter!!!! I love you Daddy!! Your Sugar.

Hello my friend,
As the years have gone on I find that I miss my close family member. As time has gone on I am beginning to understand that what I missed out on is in having a “daddy”. I think the most profound things I have realized is, no matter what, you were always able to offer with such ease your presence.. whether it was sitting on the patio and us both sharing our “plane” stories, or at the “19th Hole” laughing (or licking our wounds) from a day of golf, your tenderness, your caring, your concern, your “daddyness” always made me feel accepted and loved. Thank you Doyle for, despite it being so brief, providing for me something that I had never known in my life till that chapter. I hope that I can be jus a small part of that “daddyness” to my son. I love you Doyle and truly miss you.. rest well my friend ...

Hi Daddy!! It was nine years ago that I got to see you for the last time here on Earth. It seems just like yesterday when we were laughing together and remembering so many special times! I miss you still every single day and wish I could share all the wonderful things in my life God has blessed me with since 2011. But, then you see because you are there with the Lord!! Please thank him for me for giving me the best father ever here on Earth and know that you are so loved from the bottom of my heart!! I miss you so much!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!! I know you are having a wonderful celebration today with the Lord!! Tell him thank you for giving me the best Daddy a girl could ever wish for! I miss you everyday and wish I could give you a hug and tell you everything that is going on. You are so loved!!! Your Sugar, Tracey

Hey Doyle.... remembering you is sweet.... knowing you and Mom(June), your cousin, are free with Jesus is precious... I can almost hear you two laughing!!! There has to be an Eternal life! God would never create us to have such precious memories and relationships if it was going to end or stop! Sooo with that I look forward to the day of entering His presence!!! We really loved you Doyle.... soo fun and sweet... and Tracy.... precious, your pride and joy!!!! Love yal.... your relative... Fondly In the Love of Christ!!! Sherry Green Peck

My Dearest Daddy!! I miss you every day and wish you were here to talk to and laugh with and share all the joys and sorrows and treasures. You are the best Daddy a girl could ever hope for! I love you forever!! I read this poem and I thought of you. I know you are walking with the Lord my dearest Daddy and I am so happy you are home in his loving arms!! Love always, your daughter, Tracey
For My Daddy
© Christina Caburnay
Published: January 2014
Have you seen my Daddy?
I don't know where he's gone.
Sometimes it hurts so much
I can't seem to carry on.
  
I hear he doesn't look quite the same.
He doesn't need much rest.
The IV and medications are all gone;
In fact, he looks his best.
  
Is he playing tag with his parents
In that place way up high?
Or is he napping in God's garden
Where the beautiful in hammocks lie?
  
Some say he is always watching.
I hope this to be true
And that one day he'll return to me
And say, "I've come for you."
  
Have you seen my Daddy?
I imagine he's doing okay,
Though it hurts to know
I can't call him every day.
  
I really miss my Daddy.
I wasn't ready to say goodbye.
It will never be the same.
Years from now, I know I'll cry.
  
I bet God is with my Daddy,
Wrapped up in His arms,
Sheltered from all illness and sorrow,
Keeping him from harm.
  
I bet he sees us mourning
But would want us to smile
And tell us our time part
Is only a little while
  
I'll never quite understand
Why your time here was so small,
But you said you'll always be there
To catch me when I fall.
  
I miss you so much, Daddy,
But I hope and pray
That when it's my time, you'll come for me.
I'll see you again someday.
  
I guess it was meant to be
That your work here on Earth was done.
Now your life in paradise
Has only just begun.
  
Tears that I weep and prayers
Will hopefully travel very far
To reach my loving daddy
Sitting among the stars.

Goodbye
By Angela
Doyle, In our minds we always knew
this time would come to pass.
But knowing it and living it,
has come and gone so fast.
Goodbyes are often hard to say;
they hurt so very much.
Though you're not gone,
you still remain
in the minds, hearts, and lives you've touched.
It has been 8 years now since we have had the chance to sit on the balcony and share “flying” story’s and it goes without saying each year gets harder not having my “co-pilot”...
Our memories of time shared together fill me with laughter, insight and a sense of peace. My richest memory of the day we stood on the veranda before the wedding ceremony and I felt such a sense of connectedness and trust you placed in me to care for your most precious gift- your daughter. Thank you for your trust Doyle and rest well sir...
your son in law forever ...Rick

Merry Xmas Doyle,
This year has been a very special year from in reaching a special birthday... it would have been very special if we could have laughed and shared it together. I especially would have looked forward to sharing gifts, having Xmas dinner and especially taking time to go out on the patio and tell aircraft stories...we sure do have a lot. You have been and always will be the father I never had and this Christmas especially I wish you were here to share in this notal passing of time for both Tracey and I. We both toast a glass of Ballitore to you sir in your honor, friendship and memory. Merry Xmas , 2018!

A memorable man that leaves a sweet note and smile in your memory bank. You were a cherished cousin by my mother La June Lee Green. Through her we got to know precious you Doyle and Eurline and precious Tracey!! And we have Eternity to look forward too!! Love to your daughter and family who still miss you so as I miss my mother his cousin.... two jewels in heaven. God’s Blessings on your family, Sherry Green Peck ( second cousin)

Dear Doyle,
As I thought of you during the day today I reflected on the richness of a relationship that has meant so much to me- your caring, your concern, your love were able to forge a closeness that I cherish in my heart and wish I could experience even your being there today. You taught me so much about a great many things and I miss your smile, your positivity, and most of all your friendship ...a wise person once said, “ Grief never ends... But it changes...It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith…it is the price of LOVE.” I truly love and miss you sir...
Your son-in-law,
Rick

My Dearest Daddy,

Seven years ago today I heard your last breath on this earth and ever since then, I have missed you every day. I wish I could hear you tell me one more time, "It's all gonna be ok sugar." But, I know you are now with our Lord who is the one who makes it ALL ok. I hope you are smiling and laughing with the Lord each day knowing that you are always here with me in my heart. I Love You Forever!

Hi Daddy!!! I sure do miss you today!! I was telling Rick that the photo of you shown here toasting was on Father's Day 2007. I sure wish we could spend the day together remembering all our wonderful adventures! You are the best Daddy a girl could ever have! I Love You Forever!!!!! Happy Father's Day!

Doyle--HAPPY FATHER'S DAY--thinking of you with love!!! Erlene

Doyle--HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!--Thinking of you on your special day!!
                              Love--Erlene

Happy Birthday Daddy!! I sure do wish I could cook you your favorites today in celebration of your 86th year!! You live on in my heart everyday and your cheerfulness and optimism in life are a permanent part of my outlook and everyday life. Thank you for being the best Daddy God could have ever chosen for me!! You are so missed!! All My Love Always, Tracey

My Daddy!! How I miss you so much and long to hear your cheerful voice call me "sugar" one more time! It was six years ago that you took your last breath here on this earth but you will always breathe life and love into my heart! I am so happy for your peace in heaven and someday we will embrace there again. I am happy and healthy and it all started with the security and love and joy that you brought me everyday. Thank you for being the best Daddy in the world!! I MISS YOU!!!

The Gift God Gave Me Was You

© Lea Gomez Visit Lea Gomez's Site

Published on August 2008

I will never say goodbye to you my Father
because I know this is not the end for us to see each other.
You will only be going to a place where there's no pain nor suffering.
I am happy for you, for you will be with God.
For now we need to go in separate ways.
I remember how your arms hold me and give me strength.
You were always there to listen, love, and defend me in everything.
You were my very best friend.
In my triumphs you were always proud.
I'm very grateful and proud to call you my dad.
Here deep inside my heart you'll always be.
I would give up everything I have just to hug you one more time.
I remember the last time I held your hand and how you looked at me in the eyes.
If only I could turn back the time I would have never let you go.
I felt the world stop and my heart stop beating when they told me you were gone.......
How I wish I was only dreaming.
Just like the rain; tears fell down from my eyes, I couldn't speak for awhile.
Thank you Dad....
For always understanding, listening, caring, and loving me your whole life.
The greatest gift God gave me was YOU........ my Dad...
It's difficult to let you go but I must...
I must return the gift God gave me...
Till then;
See you in Heaven.........

Good Morning Doyle-
As we approach six years since we had the chance to talk and be close I find that my reflections of our times together and connection have not diminished but rather have become stronger and held more clarity for me.
I have always felt that God in his divine wisdom and providence allowed me to be a part of yours and Tracey and Erlene's life and I think most of that was to see what the love of a parent to a child looks like.
Over the years I have held true to my commitment on our wedding day to protect and care for your daughter and tro truly love her. While I do know that you truly loved her first, you may be comforted to know that I will always provide that safety, love and caring in your place.

I felt very blessed that, in getting to know you, I came to know a very special Chet Atkins song that was your favorite and , I was listening to it today and it reminded me of a poem about what it means when someone you love passes from this place...


What is dying?
I am standing on the seashore.
A ship sails to the morning breeze and starts for the ocean.
She is an object and I stand watching her
Till at last she fades from the horizon,
And someone at my side says, “She is gone!” Gone where?
Gone from my sight, that is all;
She is just as large in the masts, hull and spars as she was when I saw her,
And just as able to bear her load of living freight to its destination.
The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me, not in her;
And just at the moment when someone at my side says, “She is gone”,
There are others who are watching her coming,
And other voices take up a glad shout,
“There she comes” – and that is dying.

I miss you Doyle and will always hold a special place in my heart for you as the father I never had a chance to get to know...

Rick

Daddy, I miss you so very much each and every day, but especially today! I am so blessed to have God give me the best Daddy in the world! Know that I am giving you a big hug right now and knowing you are having a wonderful day as you walk beside the Lord in heaven. I Love You Always!!! Your daughter, Tracey

Doyle---"HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!" Thinking of you with Love-Erlene

Hello Doyle!
Happy B-day!!! (sorry for the belatedness but was having password issue trouble- if you were here I KNOW you would have fixed iy with little difficulty!. Miss chatting about the old days and having my flying partner with me on the patio... Keep the shiny side down sir!!!

Hi Daddy!!

Happy Birthday to you!! I wish I could sing to you and have a celebration with you here with us all but I am having one with you in heaven!! I miss you so very much every day, your positive outlook and smile and the comfort you always gave to make me feel so loved and safe. I have the best Daddy in the world!! I Love You Always!!

Doyle- "HAPPY 85th BIRTHDAY" You are always in our hearts and thoughts! Love Always!!

As I reflect on these past 5 years of Doyle’s passing I am continually reminded of a close and true friend who never judged me but, instead, accepted me, as I was. I am reminded, daily, of how Doyle trusted me to assume the most paramount of responsibilities- caring for his daughter. I reflect on his confidence in me and his support of me. Most of all, I cherish his love for me as his son-in-law. I many times have said I have always felt that Doyle was the father that I never really had and for that I thank God that our lives were able to intersect when they did and we were able to, for a brief moment on this earth, enjoy the fellowship and connection as father and son-in-law… I miss you Doyle, my friend.
Rick

Five years ago today you left us but you stay in our hearts every day!
We miss you, especially today,
and our Love is always with you.

Hi Daddy!! I especially miss you today!!! I miss your smile and your special way of looking at the world with happiness and optimism! I miss you calling me sugar and giving me a warm bear hug! I Love You Daddy and you always are in my heart!

Happy Father's Day Daddy!!! I have so many memories of wonderful Father's Day dinners and golfing outings. I miss you so, so much!!!!You are very loved and missed!!! You are the best Daddy in the whole world!

"HAPPY FATHER'S DAY" Doyle-You are missed!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!! I sure do wish you could come over and we could grill and share stories and celebrate the most wonderful Daddy in the world!!! I Love You and Miss You Always!!

Doyle---HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Always with fond memories and love!

My Dearest Daddy!!! We are here on the deck celebrating Easter, when Christ is Risen!!! I feel you looking down on us from heaven Daddy and your love is always in my heart!! I Love You Always Daddy!!!!!

Doyle--Time goes by--but the missing remains. You are thought of often with Love!

Still missing you Doyle and I have fond thoughts of you often :-)
And always will....

Yesterday is a memory, tomorrow is
a mystery and today is a gift,
which is why it is called the present.
What the caterpillar perceives is the end;
to the butterfly is just the beginning.
Everything that has a beginning has an ending.
Make your peace with that and all will be well

Someone once said that "Death leaves a heartache that no one can heal" I prefer to say to Doyle, Love leaves a memory that no one can steal. From the first moment you warmly shook my hand and welcomed me into your family, to those many hours we told airplane war stories, to the countless hours you endured my excruciating golf games together you always showed love that forged a family bond that will forever be in my heart. You are missed and truly loved Doyle... Keep em flying !!!

Hi Daddy!! I sure do wish you could be here to celebrate a great Father's Day with us!! I know you are looking down and so I want you to know that I am the luckiest daughter in the world to have you for a father!!! As you walk now with the Lord, please thank him for choosing you to be my Dad!!! I am so very blessed!!! I Love You Always!!! Tracey

As each passing day, month , year go by I remember the rich vivid memories of us enjoying the closeness of family and camaraderie of a father-son relationship that blessed me and taught me so much. Thank you Doyle for being a part of this man's life and for welcoming him and his family into yours...

Still missing Doyle... He was an unforgettable person, friend and true gentleman. I count myself among the lucky one's who knew him and will always remember his kind spirit.

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!! I sure wish you could be here to go play a game of golf with Rick and me!! I know you are looking down on us everyday and you are always in my heart!! You are so loved!!!