2 years since you went to heaven  / Betty (daughter)

paterouli, 

It's 2 whole years since you've been gone and i still cannot accept why you had to go. A man so full of life, with so much to give, full of compassion, love, a heart of gold that you gave so freely,why you daddy? I talk to your picture all the time, I light your candili, but still you do not answer.  I need you daddy. I miss your strength and good advice; you always knew what to say to make everything better.  I know I'm being selfish but I can't help it.  You were my rock and now there's no one that can replace what you gave me. The emptiness of your presence is so overwhelming and so heartbreaking, still. 

I tried so hard to help you fight your disease, but we lost daddy. Maybe there was something else that we didnt try, maybe I should have searched harder for other possible cures, or tried different doctors, or hospitals, I dont know.  I'm sorry I lied to you when you asked if I thought you would get better, but I couldn't take that hope away from you.  The guilt haunts me still that I wasnt at your bedside when you passed.  I wanted so much to be there and hold your hand but I was driving to see you when mommy called to tell me that you were gone.  I was shattered. I wanted to be there, to tell you again how much i loved you and how much you meant to me, and how much I would miss you.  if you can hear me from heaven, please forgive me.  You called me your palikari but I am weak in facing your loss.  It's still unbearable and I am unable to accept it.

If you can hear me in heaven, please forgive me. If you can, please send me a sign, come to my dreams and tell me you're ok. I hope you've found your father and mother that you loved so much and your brothers and friends. I know God has gained a wonderful person but I've lost the best daddy in the world and I miss you so much. I love you daddy.

 

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Why? / Kathy (Daughter)
Just when I think I have accepted that God wanted you with him, I see someone or something that reminds me of you and I can't help but wish that you were still here with us.

There is a special place in my heart that is exclusively for you.  No one will ever, ever share that space because daddy, there will never be anyone like you.

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Missing you...  / Pamela Ioannou
Papouli mou, 
Writing on your page is very difficult for me because I always cry. I miss you so much.  I think about you everyday.  Whenever I look at your picture I get very emotional.  I still can't believe your gone.  Sometimes I think that your going to be home waiting for me with open arms. I love you with all my heart and soul. The day that you left me you took a piece of me with you. I will love you for eternity.
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In my thoughts always  / Kathy (Daughter)
Daddy,

I wanted to visit you on your birthday but I have been working very long hours and weekends.  I can't come during the week but I promise I'll be there soon.  I hope you know how much I love you and that a day doesn't go by that I don't think of you.

Every morning, I look at your picture and talk to you.  I have your picture on my desk at work and when things get tough, all I do is look at it and I get the strength to get the job done.  You were always respected at work for your hard work and commitment to excellence and I will always follow your example.

I miss you more than ever.

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One year since you went to heaven  / Betty Mastoros (daughter)

I know you didn't want to go
you fought it, you tried to hang on, but it was time-
God said He wanted you with Him.
Now He's the lucky one, and we're all sad-
and miss you so.

Daddy, I know how much you loved us all
and how you always took care of us
and I know that you still watch over us -
It was you daddy - you saved Dimitri from that horrible accident.
I know you were with him that day, you held him and protected him, just like you did for us all our lives. 
Thank you daddy.  
I wouldn't expect any less from you - even in heaven 
you are the ultimate father and protector.

As I sat in church yesterday for your memorial service,
I couldn't believe you've been gone a whole year already.
Even though I hear the words, I still cannot accept your loss.
Your presence was always so imposing that it's hard to believe you're not just a phone call away.
Even though logic tells me I have to accept and understand, my heart tells me different.  I am overwhelmed with a sadness that I don't know how to shake. I just cannot believe it, nor do I understand why you had to go.  
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One Year Memorial Anniversary- May 5th  / Kathy

Life Lessons

You may have thought I didn't see,
Or that I hadn't heard,
Life lessons that you taught to me,
But I got every word.

Daddy, I picked up everything,
It's written on my heart.

Without you daddy, I wouldn't be,
The woman I am today.
You built a strong foundation,
No one can take away,

I've grown up with your values,
And I'm very glad I did. 
You were always my biggest supporter,
And I will forever be your grateful daughter.

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It's Christmas Time...  / Kathy

Daddy,

This was your favorite time of the year! You were ready to decorate the day after Thanksgiving and you filled up the house with lots of decorations and colored lights.  The tree was full of ornaments that you had so delicately picked out at Macys and Lenox.  You were so proud when you were finished and I was always so excited to come home and see what you had done.  

We didn't decorate this year or put up a tree.  It's just isn't the same without you here.  You were the brightest light in our hearts and it's very hard to cope with your loss.

So Daddy, I decorated your site, in your honor, in your memory. It's a simple way to let you know your always going to be my shining star.

I love you and miss you so much.

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I miss you!  / Anthoula

 Hi Pappouli mou,



 
   I've been trying to think happy thoughts, think positive, about everything in my life... I know your up above and your looking at us, watching our every move, what our next move is going to be...(well at least thats what I think)
  Things have been rough! Trying to move on, but it's been really hard for me! And I just want you to know that Your in my thoughts every minute of every day... and I just miss you dearly.  Even though your in my thoughts...I haven't really put the time aside to really think about how sad I am that you are no longer with us...It's late night's like this one, where I think about you, and start to cry.... I don't want to be selfish and wish that you were here in pain, but just wish you were here so I can hug you and tell you how much I love you....There's nothing more that I want then just to hug you....Anyway,

  I just hope your looking over our little philip in his time of need! I hope your taking care of him!! As he is in my thoughts and prayers as well! 
   


I love you


-Anthoula
  
 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY  / Kathy (Daughter)

July 23rd, the day of your birth
Eighty years you were on this earth.

We still miss you as the days go by
Your absence often makes us cry.

Each passing day, for us is very hard,
We cannot send a gift or card,
But cherish all the years we had,
To celebrate your birthday, DAD.


We hope Daddy that you will have peace and happiness throughout Eternity, and know that you will always be with us in our hearts. The memory that will remain with us always is your extraordinary heart of gold.

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4th of July 2006  / Kathy

Daddy,

Not a day goes by when I don't think of you.  Each night when I come home, I kiss the picture of you in the kitchen.  The country is celebrating it's freedom today.  I wish you were here.....

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daddy, i miss you.  / Betty
daddy, i am having a very hard time accepting your loss.  i miss you so much.  the idea that you will not be there when i want to talk to you or see you, scares the heck out of me.  you were always my rock, and there was always this unspoken understanding between us that we could count on one another for anything and everything.  this pain in my heart, although silent on the outside, is a screaming terror on the inside.  the pain is just too unbearable and i try not to think too much because it scares me so.  since you passed on, you have not left my thoughts for one minute. evrywhere i am, everything i do, i'm thinking of you.  i can't bear the thought of your loss.  i want to scream, it's not fair, not you.  you should be here with us. i love you, i miss you.  always will.       Close

Father's Day  / Kathy

It’s Fathers Day today

But you’re so far away.

I’ll never see your face again

or hear your tender voice.

The angels took you back to God

And now there is so much pain.

 

I came to visit you today

How hard it is to see you this way.

I brought you flowers to brighten the day

but I cried sad tears anyway.

 

I love you daddy and wish you were here.

My heart aches and wants you near.

We’ll be together again one day

But until then….Happy Father’s Day.

 

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Memorial Day 2006  / Kathy (Daughter)
Daddy,

On this memorial day weekend, the country is remembering the soldiers and all the people who lost their lives fighting for this country.  

You may not have been in the Army or the Navy or the Air Force but you were a hero to all of us.  The battle that you fought against the cancer that attacked your body deserves the Purple Heart!  I love you and miss you so much. Close

Thinking of you  / Vicky Plaitis
My sympathy and condolences to all of you. i am truly sorry for your loss and may God give you the strength to heal. May your husband, father and grandfather rest in peace.

All our love & sympathy,


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PAPPOULI MOU!!  / Anthoula Mastoros (grandaughter)

<3 R.I.P. 5~5~06 <3

 

Pappouli mou....

I still can't believe that you came home to visit us only 4 months ago! And you started to feel sick,  and noone knew wat it was! And when  we found out you had Lung Cancer and it spread everywhere....We were absolutely crushed, and shocked! Noone wanted to believe that we were going to lose you one day! You were an idol to  many of us!

I know you were in pain!  I knew that you wanted so much to stay strong and stick around for your wife, your children and your grandchildren.. I knew you were holding on but you were in pain... and you could'nt deal with it anymore! I knew you wanted it to go away more than anything.    

 I wish that you didn't have to go through what you went through... You didnt deserve it!  You were my little pappouli, and always will be in my heart forever! I'll never forget when  you would take me to the platia in Athens so i can play with all my friends and you would watch me for hours and hours! Or when you came here and shopped on 86th street all day! Now I know where my mother and I get the shopping addiction! Or anytime you walked around your hands were always in  your pockets and you would play with your change.....I would hear you comming a block away! LOL

I have so many memories of you that I will treasure forever and ever and ever! I know your always going to be watching over us and I promise I will not dissapoint you! I will try my hardest to make you proud! 

 

We all miss you so very much! And I can't wait to see you again!!

I love you so much!!

-your Anthaki

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papoulaki / Pamela Ioannou
Papoulaki mou, i love you so much. I have so many great memories of our times together. Like every summer when you would bring me to akrata and we would go to the beach. I even remember how you and giagia used to tell me and dimitri to take naps after school everyday and you would check on us and make sure we were sleeping but we never were. I remember the kritharaki that you would make me because you knew i loved it. I remember that you always used to eat werthers candies and the little red cherry candies in the tin box. I remember the way you always smelled of your newest cologne and how i always told you that you were so cute. I remember going to roy rogers with you for hours and hours. I remember how much you loved dee & dee and rockbottom.  you always said that you loved me so much and that you raised me. Its true and you have made me the person i am today.  I remember when you used to pick me up from the bus stop and yell at all the drivers you were so funny always calling them kathikia and yiaourides. I laugh when i think about all these things because even though i miss you, you brought so much happiness to my life. I will always remember the way i used to mess up your hair and you would yell at me but i know that you really loved it. i know that you are going to watch over me and everyone else in our family now that you are in heaven just like you did when you were here with us. You will always be my papouli and i will never stop loving you. 
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one week..  / Kathy (Daughter)
Daddy,

Today is one week since  you left us.  Somewhere in my mind I know it was better that you left before the pain from the cancer arrived.  But my heart is broken and it will never be whole again.  You were my everything and I miss you so, so much.

I know you came with me yesterday and you sat next to me at the meetings.  I felt a strength and a calmness that wasn't there before.  I haven't slept, I haven't eaten and I know you would be mad at me.  I can hear you...efages? pigene na fas kati tora...

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I miss you so much  / Kathy Ioannou (Daughter)

Babaki mou,

I miss you so much.  I know you are with God and your mother and father now.  I think about you night and day and I cry because I won't see you again until it's time for me to join you.  I don't dare think about the holidays that will come because they won't ever be the same without you here.

I lay in bed at night and remember the silliest things.  I remember crawling in your bed at night when I was little and holding on to the leg of your boxer shorts so you wouldn't leave in the morning.  I could never understand how you got away.  This afternoon, I thought about the trick you did with your finger where I thought you magically made one disappear. 

When you left this earth, a part of my heart left with you.  The rest will hang on tight to the memories and all of the values that you taught me.  

Thank you daddy for making me the person I am.  I promise you that I will always strive to make you proud.

Kaiti

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