a wonderful read
Posted By Elvis' Mom on Nov 2, 2010
Great job on the article, and Park's art is perfect!
thankyou for the article about dad
Posted By Lindie on Aug 17, 2010
I loved the story Scott; it brought dad back to me, after 22 years of him being gone. You told me this story once, after your mom died; I think, and it is a powerful reminder of the small things about people we can forget - once they are gone....Like so many, dad fell in love with Montana - for so many reasons and as the oldest of five Fink boys, he left Pennsylvania and family to live out the rest of his life in the Rocky Mountains, a far cry from the simple and small hometown life of Hamburg Pennsylvania. Each time I drive down 6th street my mind goes back in time and longs for those days and our house.... and I want my parents back.... Thankyou for resurrecting who dad was - if only in part. Your writing is a gift in more ways than you realize, I think.... love ya, Lindie
NOT a 'rat' Fink
Posted By Julie Fink Brantley on Jul 6, 2010
Thanks Scott - you're a gem. Though I've married and moved to northsentral Montana your article lengthened the heart-chain back to home and my honorable Dad, Sterling Fink.
You see, Dad was a PA Dutchman who worked one summer in Yellowstone National Park and met my mother, Jody Goddard, a 3rd generation Livingston native. He fell in love with Yellowstone, my mother and the trout capitol of the world, Livingston.
His headstone is etched with his dog and the river.
Men like my dad are fewer all the time. The integrity he burned into our hearts and minds has gone on to his 12 grandchildren who miss him dearly and lost much when we laid him to an early rest.
Your words brought him back to life for us - for sure. I could barely read the words aloud as I fought the tears.
"Sterling' means 'genuine' you know - my dad was far from a genuine Fink ... he was a saint. 'A River Runs Through It' could be about my dad; I have yet to watch it and not think of him throughout, let alone much of it filmed in Livingston a just a block from our stately home.
Thanks Scott - your article has done us Fink kids proud -
<3 blessings from Choteau
Just My Style
Posted By Angela on Mar 16, 2010
Loved the story and the ending! Well told!
Also love the picture!
The Improbable Mr. Fink
a wonderful read
thankyou for the article about dad
NOT a 'rat' Fink
You see, Dad was a PA Dutchman who worked one summer in Yellowstone National Park and met my mother, Jody Goddard, a 3rd generation Livingston native. He fell in love with Yellowstone, my mother and the trout capitol of the world, Livingston.
His headstone is etched with his dog and the river.
Men like my dad are fewer all the time. The integrity he burned into our hearts and minds has gone on to his 12 grandchildren who miss him dearly and lost much when we laid him to an early rest.
Your words brought him back to life for us - for sure. I could barely read the words aloud as I fought the tears.
"Sterling' means 'genuine' you know - my dad was far from a genuine Fink ... he was a saint. 'A River Runs Through It' could be about my dad; I have yet to watch it and not think of him throughout, let alone much of it filmed in Livingston a just a block from our stately home.
Thanks Scott - your article has done us Fink kids proud -
<3 blessings from Choteau
Just My Style
Also love the picture!
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