Oh Nic, I’m sending you so much love right now. Almost three years ago I sat by my dad’s bed while he took his end of life meds and less than twenty minutes later, I watched him take his last breath. As heartbreaking and difficult as it was, I was so happy that I was able to be with him when he passed. I wish your mom an easy transition and I hope your dad picks her up and twirls her around when he meets her on the other side. Also, let your mom know that a random internet person on the opposite coast thinks she was damn hot.
I love the idea of an emotional time capsule. Here’s one of mine. When I was four, I was enrolled in a new preschool and I was really scared of having to go in the school bus. My dad promised to drive behind the bus all the way to my school and he said he would be there when I got off the bus. I have a vivid memory of kneeling on the backseat of the bus and looking through the dirty back window of the big school bus, and seeing my dad’s car follow us the whole way to my new school. My dad and I didn’t have the easiest relationship for most of my life but I always smile remembering him following my bus on my first day of school.
Oh Nic, I’m sending you so much love right now. Almost three years ago I sat by my dad’s bed while he took his end of life meds and less than twenty minutes later, I watched him take his last breath. As heartbreaking and difficult as it was, I was so happy that I was able to be with him when he passed. I wish your mom an easy transition and I hope your dad picks her up and twirls her around when he meets her on the other side. Also, let your mom know that a random internet person on the opposite coast thinks she was damn hot.
I love the idea of an emotional time capsule. Here’s one of mine. When I was four, I was enrolled in a new preschool and I was really scared of having to go in the school bus. My dad promised to drive behind the bus all the way to my school and he said he would be there when I got off the bus. I have a vivid memory of kneeling on the backseat of the bus and looking through the dirty back window of the big school bus, and seeing my dad’s car follow us the whole way to my new school. My dad and I didn’t have the easiest relationship for most of my life but I always smile remembering him following my bus on my first day of school.