Death of a Parent
Missing my Dad
August 16, 2008 was just about the worst day of my life. My Dad had passed away after fighting cancer for 6 years. My Dad was diagnosed in 2001 with colin cancer, and after quite a few surgeries and many prayers, he was proclaimed cancer free. Then in 2005 he went to the doctors, and the cancer had traveled from his colin to his lungs. He was fine for a while, still extremely active and living like nothing was going to hold him back from being who he was. He was such a dedicated person with his work in dentistry and even taking that to Sudan. Not only was he a working man, he was such a family man. He tried his hardest no matter what the condition was to be there for my entire family ( my mom,my 8 year old sister, and 18 year old brother). Not only was he just there for me, he was my best friend. He went to the ends of the earth for me, and we could never stay mad at each other for more than a day. He was my everything. I was daddy's little girl. It wasn't until about early 2008 when his condition began to get bad. he started to chemo and radiation..this was taking a toll on his physical condition. He used to be able to run for miles, now he wasn't even able to walk around the house. He ended up getting so bad, that he had to live in hospice. He stayed there for 4 days, and i only got to see him once a day. On the last day I saw him I told him that i would come by early tomorrow. I was expecting to see him the next day to tell him everything I needed to tell him because he was only expected to live for a few more days. Though that night at 2:00 am he past away I never even got to say goodbye. That is what I regret the most. I miss him dearly, he was the only one who really understood me, we were so alike in so many ways. I am 16 now, and the 16 of August 2009 will be the first year without him. It still just baffles me how he can be in my life for 15 years, and one day be gone. I love him so much, and always will. I can't wait to see him in heaven in his new body, healthy and smiling once again.
