An Empty Chair and a Poem for Rhonda's Father.

At her wedding Rhonda had an empty chair placed in the front row, next to her Mother's chair in honor of her Father. Rhonda's Father passed away several years ago close to the time that my wife Jackie passed away.

Rhonda's Mother, Rosa Lee Blakley, is in the red top in the front row. On her right is an empty chair for Rhonda's Father Marvin Blakley.

When I checked into the Wisteria Inn there was a bag for me. It contained two jiggers of vodka, a bag of seashells, and a box. The box contained some moss and a poem.

This is the poem.

Death leaves a heartache

no one can heal, love

leaves a memory no one 

can steal. I miss you daddy!

I know your looking over us

all today and everyday.