This video is for my dad, with a song that gave us hope in a lot of hard and scary times.
(The only reason I didn’t do something similar on mother’s day is because I hadn’t come up with the idea yet, or I’d have two of these by now.)
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Ballastexistenz 
“Your shiniest day might come in the middle of the night.”
Well my father’s day began at 3:30 AM and I was treated to a beautiful sunrise not much after that. Something I haven’t witnessed in many years. I wasn’t happy to be up at that hour but you never know where or when the shiny moments will appear.
Happy Father’s Day Amanda’s Dad.
I have recently started reading this blog and I have to say that you have changed many of my ill-informed notions about autism. One of the stereotypes is that people with autism have trouble expressing emotion. Yet your love for your dad absolutely shines through this video. Thank you for sharing a little bit of him, and I hope he liked it.
Chip:
You’ve made this the happiest Fathers Day of my life. Thanks so much! Now to dry my tears.
I’m really glad you liked it. And I meant it.
I hope your dad had a happy father’s day. It’s a good video.
What a wonderful video! It brought tears to my eyes, and I do not even know your dad. Amanda, you have a real gift and make great videos. Thank you for sharing. Oh, I love the song, too.
Such a wonderful video. I hope your dad had a happy father’s day.
Happy Fathers Day!! Amanda’s father!
Lovely video…great!!!
BTW, the significance of the song, besides just that it’s a good song, is that my dad and I listened to it on the three-hour drives back and forth between my parents’ house and the Residential Treatment Facility From Hell I was living at (not just hell for me, but hell for my family, because they were blaming my family for me being how I was, that was what “family therapy” seemed to be for). It was a really uncertain and scary time for all of us and that song (among others) really helped.
What is the title of the song? Who wrote it and who is singing it?
That’s Just About Right
Thanks.
Thank you for making this wonderful Father’s Day Tribute! It truly documents a unique bond between two special people in my life….Tears streamed down our faces and a flood of memories rushed past as we watched the photos and listened to the words of the song…Your sense-of-humor and sensetivity
are duly noted andappreciated too…Music and the ability to laugh at some of the hardest of times and at some of the direst of situations really helped get us all get through some harrowing times….Hugs…firm ones…Mom