Note: This blog was written on Jan. 26, 2019, about six weeks before Dad passed away on Aug. 5, 2019. Today brought another “shit’s getting real” moment with my Dad. Before I get into that, I should say that these moments really aren’t what you think they’d be. At least they haven’t been for me. […]
Note: This blog was written on April 16, 2019. Dad passed away at age 74 on Aug. 5, 2019 … I hate cancer. We all do. But you really don’t know how much you hate cancer until it gets personal. For me, that’s seeing the toughest man I’ve met struggle with pain and wither away
Webb: Helping Dad be at peace Read More »
Hey, Dad. A few weeks ago, Shana wrote a wonderful blog to you about the holidays and how much we missed you at Christmas. Toward the end, as he she’s explaining how I’m handling your death well but miss you greatly, she asked you to continue stopping by in my dreams. It struck me that
Webb: You’re always welcome in my dreams, Dad Read More »
Note: This blog was written on Dec. 22, 2018, two days after Dad told us his doctor said cancer had returned and was terminal. Given six months from onset (probably October) to live, the old man lasted more than nine. He passed away on Aug. 5, 2019, at age 74. It’s been two days since
Twelve Days of Christmas, Part VI: The day Dad told us he had six months to live Read More »
Hey, Dad. It’s been a little more than 10 weeks (72 days to be exact) since you passed. In some ways, that seems like a long time ago. In some ways, it seems like yesterday. Dan and I have spent virtually all the free time we have the past two weeks preparing for and working
Webb: Belts, wallets and a lasting legacy Read More »
Hey, Dad. It’s Aug. 24, 2019, 19 days since you passed. Today, we took care of the last item on your short list of requests: We set the headstone and sprinkled some of your ashes over the plot. It was an odd day for late August, cloudy, a bit of a breeze and somewhat cool.
The final item on Dad’s short checklist Read More »
Hey, Dad. I just had one of those moments so many people have told me about when you randomly cry due to loss. It’s been 11 days since you left us. I’ve held it together for much of that time, to the point of being surprised I haven’t grieved more. It’s partially due to thinking
Webb: A dream about Dad and one of those moments Read More »
Note: Written June 23, 2019, six weeks before Dad went to Heaven … Maybe the only way you can get my father to sit still for two hours to watch a movie: Late-stage bone cancer. That was our visit Saturday as he pushes through the final few months of his life. It’s not that Dad
Dad and movies: Two hours is too long to sit around (unless it’s ‘Lonesome Dove’) Read More »
Tough. If there’s been one word used to describe my dad during the past few days and weeks, that would be it. As an 8-year-old, he overcame polio before the vaccine was invented. At a time when many of the children infected with the disease ended up with a handicap, Dad not only beat polio,
My speech honoring Dad at his service … Read More »
Hey, Dad. Remember that time Dan shot me in the ass with a BB gun and you spanked both of us for it? I know you do because we talked about it a few weeks before you died. Dan still thinks I deserved it. You still thought I deserved to be spanked. I still think
About that time my brother shot me in the ass, and we BOTH got spanked for it Read More »
