08/26/2026
I’m ready for summer to be over, my heart can’t handle anymore. Words from my post on Kelly Segre account.
For Richard ❤️
It’s strange how someone can be absent from your everyday life for decades and still hold such a permanent place in your heart.
Richard was my mother’s partner when I was very young. They eventually went their separate ways, and although he wasn’t part of my adult life (although he was part of my early adult life) the impact he had on my childhood never left me. He became one of the most important father figures I had growing up, and one of the men I respected most in my life.
He always called me “Pip Squeak” — a nickname that somehow followed me well into adulthood. And my very first job was working for his company, so he was woven into some of my earliest memories of growing up.
It’s probably been decades since I last saw you. Maybe the last time was my wedding, over 20 years ago. Life has a funny way of changing, people move, years pass, and relationships sometimes become distant without the love disappearing.
And that’s what I keep thinking about now.
Despite the distance, the time, and all the changes life brought, you always held a special place in my heart. You were one of those people who helped shape who I became.
I’m grateful for the memories, for the lessons and for the love that remained even when we were no longer part of each other’s everyday lives.
Goodbye, Richard.
I hope you knew how much you meant to me.
I’ll always be your Pip Squeak. ❤️
