you're a good fella
imagine not seeing your dad for 3 years finding him winding up on a park bench. thats what this experience was for me. it was also the last time I ever saw him. The real estate agent across the road is where he slept at night once business closed up shop. I spent one night there with him letting him know how much I loved and was proud of him regardless of how he ended up. I think it helped him moved on because he died just a month later.
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These pictures of your dad, and the story behind them, are the most touching and powerful pic's I've seen yet on z/g. You can tell you have honorable dignitity towards your father, with a delicately detached approach to this experience. Well done, I'm more touched by this than I have of any-thing in a long time. I mean it. And lots of love from me to you on how you've expressed him on here.
Thanks for the love and understanding Jason. These few digital photos are pretty much the only tangible things I have of him and they and the experience mean a lot to me. He lived the last 7 years of his life feeling his son and daughter abandon him and the shame he took on was enormous. I am ashamed and hurt that I let my closest mate go for so long feeling that way. It is a grand lesson for me in really communicating what I am doing.. its one of the biggest reasons why I have maybe overcompensated with communication because of the misunderstandings and loss I have felt. His last spoken words were “i love you… take care of each other”… so.. take care… and remember who you love.
This is Incredibly Powerful! For all the mistakes we ALL make in our own lives your courage to be transparent is Quite Admirable and makes a fitting Tribute to the Experience, the Man, and the ultimate job He actually did as Your Father. Despite the Distance of Separation, the Imprint of His Love was Felt and Conveyed Back to Him. How Beloved and at Peace you made him.