{"id":828,"date":"2017-03-07T10:48:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T16:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=828"},"modified":"2026-02-01T16:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:14:53","slug":"copy-this-and-youll-always-know-true-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/copy-this-and-youll-always-know-true-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Copy This, and You&#8217;ll Always Know True Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My dad is 94 and just recently took a turn for the worse with heart failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is hard for me. \u00a0Besides the rest of my family, Dad is the most loving person I know.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-830\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-optimized-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dad filled with love and hope at sunset\" class=\"wp-image-830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-optimized-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-optimized-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-optimized-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-optimized.jpg 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dad filled with love and hope at sunset\/Kate Blaising\/November 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My sister, Joy, is his caretaker, and she called to tell me that Dad has fluid on his lungs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>They are running tests in the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I told her I\u2019d be there right away, and she said, \u201cJust wait, they are running more tests. \u00a0No need to come right now.\u00a0 Just check back tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-fishing-reveals-a-secret-about-true-love\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Fishing reveals a secret about true love<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After I hung up, I grabbed Dad&#8217;s rod and reel and walked down to the dock.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-829\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Reel-optimized-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ambassadeur reel\" class=\"wp-image-829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Reel-optimized-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Reel-optimized-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Reel-optimized-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Reel-optimized.jpg 1338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Ambassadeur reel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Magnificent sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>77 degrees.&nbsp; No wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dad gave me his rod and reel a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An open-face Ambassadeur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was his favorite when we fished together when I was a tyke, using a childproof Zebco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this day, I\u2019m facing dad\u2019s mortality, and I\u2019m swimming with emotions, wondering what it&#8217;ll be like without dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I stand at the very spot, Dad, and I fished from just two years ago, casting the rubber worm, listening to the old reel wheeze like Dad\u2019s congestive heart failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two geese swim by slowly with a cadre of ducks while the sun dips to water level, lighting the lake in a blaze of orange and pink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right then, my rod tip bends down to the water. \u00a0I raise it high and set the hook like Dad taught me.\u00a0 Oh my!\u00a0 He or she must be a nice one, because the line zigzags through the mirrored waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m reeling like a madman while the old Ambassadeur wheezes and slips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>40 seconds into the fight, the fish releases!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A ton of emotions hit me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know Dad will be letting go of me sooner than I want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I don&#8217;t want to let him go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-letting-go-is-the-key-to-true-love\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Letting go is the key to true love<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a flashback to the 2003 movie <em>Big Fish<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The frustrated son in the movie is trying to sort out the difference between fact and fiction in his relationship with his dying dad. \u00a0He thinks his father doesn&#8217;t love him because he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;show it&#8221; the way he wants him to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The difference between my dad and the dad in &#8220;Big Fish&#8221; is the way my father loved people in ways that let them be themselves. \u00a0Let them go. \u00a0Freed them up. \u00a0&#8220;Let go&#8221; is the meaning behind the word &#8220;forgiveness&#8221; in the New Testament. \u00a0To love, you must forgive. \u00a0The opposite is to blame others. \u00a0So, every misery in your life is everybody else&#8217;s fault. \u00a0But forgiveness sets you free and frees everyone around you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.&#8221; <\/strong>\u00a0John 12:24<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess the big <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/fishing-guide-shows-off-3-secrets-for-lasting-happiness\/\">fish <\/a>I hooked forgave me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-key-to-a-loving-future\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">The key to a loving future<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Father\u2019s Day 2007, the Dallas Morning News ran a story I wrote about a unique experience my dad and I had together, titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/steveblaising.com\/articles\/\">&#8220;Make Dad Last Forever.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether or not I lose dad soon or later, I figured out how to make him last forever.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-837\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-tipping-hat-optimized-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dad tipping hat to the future\" class=\"wp-image-837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-tipping-hat-optimized-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-tipping-hat-optimized-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-tipping-hat-optimized-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dad-tipping-hat-optimized.jpg 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dad tipping his hat to the future\/Kate Blaising\/November 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Every day, you and I are making a movie, and it&#8217;s our life for all the world to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have time to add the qualities most admired about our fathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-five-unmistakable-qualities-of-a-great-man\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Five unmistakable qualities of a great man<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My dad, Claude Blaising, lives the five qualities of a great man. &nbsp;Always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Be on your guard. \u00a0Stand firm in the faith; 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