Sid enjoying sitting on the porch chatting and sharing his memories with us 💜

WHEN YOU SAY GOODBYE TO A PARENT~~
You are suddenly living in a whole new world.
You are no longer ‘the child’ and regardless of how long you have officially been ‘grown up’ for, you realise you actually never were until this moment. The shock of this adjustment will shake your very core.

When you have finally said goodbye to both your parents, assuming you were lucky enough to have had two. You are an orphan on this earth and that never, ever gets easier to take no matter how old and grey you are yourself and no matter how many children of your own you have.

You see, a part of your body is physically connected to the people that made it and also a part of your soul. When they no longer live, it is as if you are missing something practical that you need – like a finger or an arm. Because really, you are. You are missing your parent and that is something far more necessary than any limb.

And yet the connection is so strong it carries on somehow, no-one knows how exactly. But they are there. In some way, shape or form they are still guiding you if you listen closely enough. You can hear the words they would choose to say to you.
You can feel the warmth of their approval, their smile when a goal is achieved, their all-consuming love filling the air around you when a baby is born they haven’t met.

If you watch your children very closely you will see that they too have a connection with your parents long after they are gone. They will say things that resonate with you because it brings so many memories of the parent you are missing. They will carry on traits, thoughts and sometimes they will even see them in their dreams.

This is not something we can explain.
Love is a very mystical and wondrous entity.
It is far better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all and grief, grief is the price of that love. The deeper the love the stronger the grief.

I am so glad that I made the trip north first to see my Dad when I left Florida to move to AZ. It would have been more direct to held west on I10. I had not bern back to SC to see him & family since Clarity was born. On my last day he hugged me & said, "This will be the last time I see you". Little did I know, yet did feel that it would be true & so soon.

Most of the family at his 90 birthday party.

My Fathers invitation to his 90 birthday party.

My Father my last trip to SC in March with me Taylor & Clarity.

My fathers graduation from basic training in the Air Force.

My father & Mother in California, posing for me for my photography class.

My father with me in NY at my first marriage.

My father with me in Iowa when he returned from Vietnam.

My fathers graduation from High School photo.

This was the last picture I took of my father while we shared viewing the recent eclipse.  Obviously photoshopped the background.

I found this photo of Uncle Sid, on the left, with his siblings Jim and Charlotte.  So sad that all have passed away but know they are together again.  Rest in Peace

I will always remember him and keep him in my heart. ❤️
Best memory with him is, that he picked me up from high school and took me to Mc Donald's for a Mc Sundea with chocolate sauce almost everyday ❤️

A photo of Grandpa, Grandma, myself, my wife and our son Sebastian.

The place where we shared the most memories whenever I would visit.  On the golf course.  :)

Grandpa and I on a fishing trip in Mexico.

The last photo that I could find with the majority of my SC family and when grandma was still with us as well.

My condolences on the passing of a very fine man. 
It was a blessing to have made his acquaintance. - Rolf Baghdady

Sid and Theresa with their grandson John and great grandson Sebastian  year 2014.

OBITUARY

Sidney A. Harrand

June 10, 1932 – May 6, 2024

Caughman-Harman Funeral Home - Chapin Chapel

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