Thanks for stepping out in the open with this and letting us know. Though it means that it hurts, it's a good thing that your father means this much to you. It's also good for you not to bottle this up.
My door's always open to you, brother; stop by if you want to talk, or if you want to be distracted, whichever you wish. I've got nothing but free time from Monday on.
It's strange how boys grow up wanting to be like anything but their fathers, and as they grow into men they can't help but measure themselves by their fathers' examples. In youth it's easier to be frustrated over our fathers' embarassing shortcomings. But as we grow into maturity we can see the steely resolve that made them men. And not the macho manly-men of motion pictures, but the quietly intense men who toiled day after day to provide for the people in their little lives. That is the life of men.
My own father has been very close to death for a while now, and I've only seen him once since last December. And it seems that the further away I am from him and the only things I come from, the more I try recreating in myself all their fine examples.
I'm sorry to hear for your loss. May we both find the peace and purpose that have eluded our fathers.
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Thanks for stepping out in the open with this and letting us know. Though it means that it hurts, it's a good thing that your father means this much to you. It's also good for you not to bottle this up.
My door's always open to you, brother; stop by if you want to talk, or if you want to be distracted, whichever you wish. I've got nothing but free time from Monday on.
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My own father has been very close to death for a while now, and I've only seen him once since last December. And it seems that the further away I am from him and the only things I come from, the more I try recreating in myself all their fine examples.
I'm sorry to hear for your loss. May we both find the peace and purpose that have eluded our fathers.
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