Happy Birthday to my sweet Dad. 4 years in Heaven, but missed every single day. This picture was taken at my wedding in 1991. He was a good man and a wonderful father. He gave me my strong work ethic and he is one of the reasons I pushed myself to work during chemo.
My Dad was with me thru my illness...some of the stories are so personal that I dare not share them...I am sure people would think it was the pain killers...or high fever. I shared one of them with my husband..and he just told me I was very sick that night and running high fever. Whatever ! I know.
I hope he is proud of the way I fought cancer and tried to be brave. Complications from lung cancer took his life. I remember how brave he was and my last conversation with him. My brother Chris and I were with him when he died. That evening is etched into my mind...but as time goes on the pain is less.
"Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love. It can't take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.”
Happy Birthday Daddy..I love you xxoo
Tammy,
ReplyDeleteWow, my dad also died of "complications" due to a VERY early stage lung cancer. Seeing this brought tears to my eyes. My dad died exactly ONE year after I had my surgical biopsy. For a while we were on parallel journeys. I can relate to this and to your feelings. I miss my dad every single day.
xoxox