Pro-life vid of day: Demi Lovato buries dad; “hardest thing I’ve done”
by LauraLoo
Less than a week after taking to Twitter to thank fans for their support in the wake of her father’s death, Demi Lovato has now told her followers she is finally at peace. From People:
“Today I put my Daddy to rest…. hardest thing I’ve ever done. But I know great things will come of this,” the singer-songwriter-actress wrote on Saturday. “There’s an overwhelming sense of peace, knowing my Dad is no longer battling his demons anymore and that makes me so happy.”
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From the Daily Mail:
Demi alluded to her troubled relationship with her father – who left the family when she was just a toddler – in her 2011 song For The Love Of A Daughter, off her third studio album Unbroken.
She sings about ‘family war’ and her feelings of disappointment: ‘How could you push me out of your world, lie to your flesh and your blood?’
‘It’s a very personal song,’ Demi told the Daily Mail. ‘“Oh father, please father, put the bottle down…” The lyrics are self-explanatory about my relationship with my estranged father whom I haven’t spoken to in five years. I wrote it when I was 16 and getting it out is like therapy.’
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K59KsIDlif8[/youtube]
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My dad was also a less-than stellar father, and he’s currently dying. He’s probably got a month or two left at the most. I imagine Demi’s emotions are as mixed as mine are about the whole thing.
Jack,
I hope you can have a heart-to-heart talk with your Dad. He may really want to talk to you but if you take the initiative, it could be one of the best decisions you will ever make.
LL
Well I have talked to him, some good conversations, some not. He hasn’t changed quite as much as I had hoped.
Fathers and their decisions are so very important.
Jack, I’m sorry to hear that your Dad has missed so much of your life. He’s sadly missing out on knowing you, his son, like he could. We don’t see eye to eye on some things, still I can tell you’re a very caring man, and a neat Dad yourself, and I hold you in respect.
I also hope there might be time left for some healing before he passes. Stranger things have happened. It can be depressing to be the one always taking the initiative (been there) but on the other hand, you’re an adult, and what have you got to lose? He might be at the point of dying where he couldn’t make a big effort even if be tried.
Oh, I grew up with him, he wasn’t ever absent, he was just horribly abusive. It’s a pretty complicated situation, last time we spoke I said some not nice things that I feel bad about. Maybe I should give it another go, it’s pretty much my last chance. Thanks.
Jack – The most loving thing you can do for your Dad is to give him the Gospel. Does he know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if he were to die today he would go to heaven? If not, God’s plan of FREE salvation is attached and is for ALL who will receive it. I pray you will share this with him! There is a prayer he can pray (in the middle) that if he means it with his whole heart his eternal destiny will change. Forever is too long to spend in eternal damnation and despite how people treat us in our lifetime you would not want your worst enemy to go to a place like that, devoid of love, light and happiness forever. Your friend, Laura <3
http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps-english.html
He’s a Christian, I’m not. I’m sure he will be fine.