cancer that has possessed him for the last two years has finally reached its end. he will be free of it and the pain and suffering it caused him. i am glad that he will no longer live this way, because the dad i knew would not have wanted to exist as he is now.
the second is that i will miss him a lot. it has always been a comfort to have him here, even when he was so far away. to know i could pick up the phone to talk to him, or plan a trip to visit him. i have spent so much time with him since he 