Stokdgs is back !

[Stokdgs]

Thank you - all who sent me such nice PM`s and voicemail.. Your thoughts and prayers were very helpful and I am so grateful for all of you here.

My dear Angel-Mother passed away on December 14, 2016, and we laid her to rest next to her Sweetheart, our Father, on December 23rd, 2016.
Needless to say, that particular Christmas, we were all too numb to do anything..

Then, the next hard part - try to carefully, with very wet eyes all the time, take inventory of all the things she had saved away with her little hands for decades, and decide what to do with them..

And you KNOW, that Mothers save EVERYTHING..

The hardest things to do now are to remember that I can no longer call her and ask her how her day is going, and try to be ok that I have no Parents here on earth to be with now..

I loved every minute I had to spend with her, providing her 24x7 care, sleeping right next to her hospital bed, listening to her breathing and worrying if her breathing changed, etc..

We had great long talks about everything !

She started remembering things that we had either never heard or forgot, because they were memories of us when we were babies, etc., and she remembered things she did as a young girl too, that we had never heard before..

One thing I had not heard before was when she was 10-years old, and accomplished on the piano and organ (because her Parents were highly skilled musicians), her Father, my Grandfather, would take her and tow this little organ on a trailer, and after Church, go out the the orchards in Southern California and find the workers in their little houses on the properties, and she would pump the Organ 2 pedals up and down, play the keyboard and she and her Dad would sing Hymns for these farm workers, and they would have a little Church service for them out there, every Sunday.. How many people do you know that have ever even thought about doing that ?? Yeah, I cannot think of any, either..

We did the math and figured out she served in the Spanish Speaking Methodist Church for 74 years, and during all those years, she never asked for anything but to serve others and love all she came in contact with..

There were many young girls and even older girls that "adopted" our Mother as their "other" Mother, and kept up with her over decades, and all made it to her Funeral..

My Angel-Mother, Estella Maria Gomez Franco...

Mother Dear, the Love Bond between us - all of us - is eternal and will never be broken... I miss you so much..

Then the remodeling of the old house to make it nice and with much sadness, put it up for sale, and marvel at how quickly it sold..

Before I knew it, almost half a year went by, and it was time to make that 2,000 mile drive back to Northern California.

The really nice 2007 Acura TL-Type-S I bought right before I left, ran beautifully and averaged around 29 mpg the entire trip, at around 78mph..
It 93k on it when I purchased it so add 4k to it now..

The 6 speed is perfect with very nice close ratios up to 5, and 6th gear, it just cruises nicely..

Love the 4 pipes in back all nicely tucked in the factory body kit..

It has taken a long time to get my newly moved into house back in some order after being gone so long, but it`s Fall now, and I can no longer work in the yard very much, and have to now work in the garage more and accomplish more inside house items..

It feels like I have been gone for years - I hope I can get up to speed with all the new technology you great bunch of guys and gals are into now..

I didn`t get to wish you all a very merry christmas and happy new year last, and I apologize for that..

Am hoping to get up to speed again, and once more, thank you ALL for all that YOU do for us !!
Dan F

[LEDetailng]

Dan,

That is loving tribute to your mother. She sounds like a very loving, caring mother to many. I’m sure your parents are proud of how you helped them when your mother needed you most.

Thanks for sharing the story of your mother and sorry for your loss.

Bob

[Justins00ss]

Dan thank you for sharing your heart felt story about your mom and dad. Sending prayers and support. Glad to have you back on here!

[Ronkh]

Glad you`re back Dan.

Beautiful story about your Mom.

[Civicclutch]

Welcome back and sorry to hear of your great loss


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Lonnie]

Stokdgs:
Glad you are back posting in this forum, again.

I also commend you for taking care of your Mother in her sunset years. I am sorry to hear of her passing away, and I appreciate the stories of the things that she and her family did. They are the foundation of our characters and what makes what we are. Family history and those stories, funny or sad, good or bad, all play a part in our own development of a human being on this earth.

A very wise elder in my church told this saying in an adult Sabbath school class I was teaching:
"Reputation is what people know me by; character is what God knows me by."

[richy]

Danny, what an awesome tribute to your mother my friend! When my dad turned 80 in April, I gave a speech that (in my mind) I kinda wanted to be like a eulogy...but that he heard it and felt appreciated. I moved him to tears and he immediately requested a copy. I am a very spiritual person and I strongly believe she knows how you feel. Godspeed.

[SGM2008]

Beautiful tribute to your Mom Dan, losing a parent isn`t an easy thing.

Welcome back, your presence has been sorely missed.

[RaysWay]

Welcome back Dan. A few days ago Joe Metlow @McKee`s37 asked which pads I preferred on a rotary, I told him ever since "this guy on Autopia.org Stokdgs" recommended Hydro Techs I never looked back. He instantly knew who you were and we both had nothing but good things to say about you. After reading just now about your mother and the type of woman she was, it`s clear that the apple didn`t fall far from the tree. She influenced you and in turn you have been influencing countless people around the world. 74 years serving the church?! That is commitment that seems to be getting more and more rare every year. She sounds beautiful. I`m sorry for your loss. Dios te bendiga.

[Poorboy]

Sorry for your loss .. Welcome back

[The Driver]

Welcome back, wasn`t the same without you!

[Pats300zx]

Sorry for your loss Dan. Glad to have you back !!!!

[JustJesus]

Dan! Glad to have you back.

Thank you for sharing the story about your mother. I`m already sharing it with my wife (hope you don`t mind).

And, sorry for your loss. The world may have lost a beautiful person in her, but it also has you in it!

[House of Wax]

Glad to see you`re back brother. Sorry for your loss. Your mother sounds like a wonderful person

[Accumulator]

STOKDGS- Glad to see you back here, and it`s great that you had such a good relationship with your mother, sounds like she was a swell lady.