:hug: THE PAST WEEK HAS BEEN A ROUGH PATCH FOR MY HUSBAND AND ME. FUNNY WAY OF DEATH DOING THAT TO YOU. IT MAKES A PERSON REFLECT ON EVERYONE IN THEIR LIFE. MY HUBBY LOST HIS DAD LAST SATURDAY, HE WAS ONLY 52. TRYING TO BE THERE FOR HIM IN EVERY WAY I CAN. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH, SINCE BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE LIVING.

ITS REALLY GIVEN ME TIME FOR REFLECTION ABOUT MY PARENTS. WE BOTH EXPERIENCED DISTANT FATHERS FOR MANY YEARS. BOTH OF OUR PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. WE MISSED OUT ON BALL GAMES, TEACHER-PARENT CONFERENCES, AND ALL SORTS OF CHILDHOOD ACTIVITIES. WE BOTH HAD GOOD MOMS TO CARE AND COMFORT US, BUT THERE'S NO REPLACEMENT FOR A FATHER'S LOVE.

I WANT TO DO SIMPLE THINGS LIKE COOK DINNER FOR MY DAD, AND NOW CAN'T DO IT. HE LIVES FAR AWAY, BUT IT WOULD BE A NICE THING TO SHARE. WHEN I THINK OF HOW MANY HOLIDAYS WE WERE APART IT MAKES ME SAD. NOW I CAN'T COOK (ONLY HAVE USE OF ONE ARM). I CAN COOK SIMPLE THINGS IF I HAVE THE STAMINA. IF ONLY I COULD GO BACK IN TIME.....

THE NEXT TIME MY DAD COMES TO VISIT IT WILL MORE APPRECIATED. WHEN I THINK I HAVE THINGS ROUGH, I'LL BE REMINDED OF MY HUSBAND LOSING HIS FATHER. HE HAS INSPIRED ME TO REACH OUT MORE. YOU DON'T THINK OF THIS UNTIL ITS TOO LATE.

LOVE YOUR FATHERS WITH ALL THE LOVE YOU CAN GIVE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. CHERISH EVERY MOMENT. YOU WON'T BE SORRY......

MY HUBBY AND I TALK AT NIGHT AND HE REFLECTS ON ALL THE MEMORIES HE HAD WITH HIS DAD. THEY RECONNECTED RECENTLY....I'LL BE THERE WHEN HUBBY NEEDS ME, EVEN IF I CAN'T USE ONE OF MY ARMS. I CAN STILL LOVE HIM WITH MY WHOLE SELF......

HE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL INSPIRATION TO ME. I NEVER KNEW HOW DEATH CAN CHANGE SOMEONE. WHEN I THINK OF MY DAD I STILL SMILE EVEN IF HE'S FAR AWAY.....

I WILL CALL MORE OFTEN, EVEN IF HE DOESN'T CALL ME....

SO THANKS TO ALL DADS OUT THERE, EVEN IF YOU'RE ALL NOT PERFECT... :friends: