I woke up this morning and thought about my dad...

[eyeshade]

who died when I was 9, I don't recollect he ever smiled, cuddled me or had a sentence with me so I would like to meet him again now, many years later, and have a good old conversation with him, a massive cuddle and to say three words.
If you had the chance, who would you like to meet and why?

[Beads]

my grandad who recently passed away unexpectedly. He adored my nan - and I know he would have been worried about leaving her. I would want to tell him that we are looking after her and will continue to do so.
Beads
(nee nuoyg)

[blu3wave]

my grandparents ofcourse....

and my limp parrot (he couldn't fly), to tell him I was sorry I left him on the branch outside that night he 'disappeared' and give him a big cuddle and a kiss.

[4getmenot]

my nan. Although one grandad died when I was very young so I never spoke to him and the other died when I was 19 I was very close to my nan and she died a year before my nephew was born. So I'd love to tell her all about him. she never got to be a great grandmother.
You are really gonna depress people with this on a Friday morning but good question

[radiogaga]

my grandad, he passed away 3 years ago, and never got to meet my daughter.
i just feel really proud he was my grandad.

[bigmamma]

Morning eyeshade , awww that's sad , bless , xx
To answer your question though is difficult , I lost my dad when I was 16 , so feel I would like to see him again too , but over the last 3 years I v'e also lost my mum , my sister , and my brother so it would have to be all of them together:-)

[4getmenot]

:-(

[Kleiber]

Bore da, everyone & greetings from Wales!! I'd love to see my parents again - they both died just before I met my lovely hubby & had our son. They always worried about me & wanted nothing more than to see me settled and happy. And, of course, I'd give anything to meet my husband again & tell him how much I still love him. I'm off to put some flowers on his grave this morning, so I guess I'll tell him then. K

[eyeshade]

Mostly grandparents, interestingly enough. Blu3wave, shame about parrott, you always feel a bit helpless when its the animals don't you.

[bibster]

i would love to meet my husband again who died 18 years ago ,to be able to tell him all about his grandchildren who he never got to see or for them to meet him,he would have been so proud.

[leelapops]

Oh eyeshade you made me cry! Well, all of you made me cry really! Such beautiful answers.
My grandma died when I was 11, and I would love her to still be around, to see us now, and to know we think of her lots.
x

[rachel79]

When I was 17, I moved in with my grandad who had cancer and nursed him for a year. He had a fall on 27th December and went into hospital with a broken pelvis. I visited every day, but he died early in the morning on 30th December before I had a chance to see him and say goodbye. Even after 10 years I miss him so badly and wish I could have a last cuddle and have my chance to say goodbye. God I've set myself off crying now. :( I'm just about to have a tattoo of a shooting star with 'Taid' (Welsh for grandad) underneath.

[leelapops]

Oh rachel, your tattoo sounds like wonderful way to remember him. You must miss him terribly x

[johnlambert]

Peggy my cat who was run over last year, whoever did it didn't even stop to see if she was alive or dead. I swear if find out who the driver was, I'll steal whiffey' catapult and put it to good use

[eyeshade]

JohnL, go for it, we'll back you up!

[andy-hughes]

My dad.

He made my life an utter miswery until he walked out on my mum for another woman. I was 24, and I could have turned cartwheels! I never saw him again, and heard he died about three years ago.

As a parent and grandparent myself, I'd like to confirm my suspicion that he did love me, but had a strange way of showing it, and we never understood each other at all.

I'd tell him that I didn't judge him for what he did - I try never to judge anyone about anything, I just wish he had made some effort to say goodbye - he left instructions that my sisters and I were not to be told of his death until after his cremation.

I just want what psychologists call 'closure'.

[Kleiber]

Reading all of your posts, it's kind of nice to feel that we're not alone in how we feel for those who've gone, isn't it? Whether they're human or animals, it just shows how much we loved (love?) them.