Arthur Tsetsilas
When I walk into those rooms, I know that there is someone, or maybe many someones, who are dealing with perhaps the toughest times of their entire life in those moments. This is where I…
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He Was There
Christmas Day 2016, my first Christmas without my Dad here
The Railing
16 weeks have passed. The days come, and they go. The hours are filled with the monotony of routine, and the tasks that seem to work their way into every open time slot. There is…
Missing Dad
I’m here in the yard, at the house I grew up in. I mowed the lawn as I usually do. But I’m missing my Dad. He’d be sitting right here, outside in the warm air.…
Last Trip to Canada
In recent weeks, Dad had talked with my Mom about how he could not wait to take (I would drive them) Mom back to Canada again this year. Then, on April 14, 2016, God intervened,…
A Dad and This Boy
Dad, can we gather round the table one more time and just let loose? Oh, we’d laugh til tears, you, my siblings, Mom, this boy you called moose. I look at the hoop and wonder…
The Man is Gone
Dad’s presence was felt, his impact impossible to miss. I don’t think he was looking down from heaven at us, because I am hoping he had better things to do, like lose himself in his…
Thanks #4 (Siblings)
I am thankful for my brothers and sister. They were wonderful to grow up with and we were a happy family. Now they’ve grown and they are just as wonderful as adults as they were…