why ''papa''?

• so many have asked me why I call my dear husband ''papa''
• and or papa hubby (David)
• it started over 20 years ago at the birth of our first grandchild
• we are not even sure who started the name but
• the name soon fit.......papa
• and then when
• our one grand-daughter lived here from birth
• until the age of 5 we all, referred to him as Papa
• in our everyday talking,,,,.......
• when papa David was on his cancer journey
• I spent most of my time with him
• and also he was used to me calling him
• papa- as the grand-kids were often here
• I had my own pet name for him which was
• POPPY
• but now that he is gone I want to keep that
• POPPY
• for me and him- as it was our special name
• but now back to rest of the story
• when papa needed help to get up and down
• (he could not lift himself out of his chair)
• I would direct him where to hang on to me
• (he asked me to tell him so that he did not hurt me)
• and one day I said ''David, put your arm around me''
• and he said- please, call me papa = because I like the way
• you say it as I can hear the love in your voice and then I
• don't feel like you are my nurse- then I feel like you are
• my wife.''--
• I never called him David again except to the nurses
• as this was so important to him to be called ''papa or 'POPPY
• he did not want his family to call him
• anything else although he let his brother call him
• brother David--LOL
• and he always would stop the nurses and ask them
• to call him David rather than mister piesse (pro-
• nounced peace)
• the cancer and the chemo and the medicines
• took so much of him away and
• he had so little control of what was
• happening in his life to him and around him
• that I was happy to see him tell us
• what he wanted to be called by=
• so for me now he will always be ''papa David'' or
• ''papa hubby-""
• ---and in my heart POPPY
• - and that is our story
• hugs from Meme