This episode is short. Maybe 45 minutes. But it was intended to be about 10 minutes, so be grateful!
It’s up on YouTube again, here, if that’s your kind of thing.
Tony’s Dad died on Tuesday, so… this whole episode is just about that. Enjoy!
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Humor helps me too. If you can’t make a dead dad joke, what good is it? 😂
It’s been a long time but I can see your dad in a memory. He’s smiling. Wearing a sweater vest? Was that a thing?
I don’t have any words of advice for you. But welcome to the club. Much love.
Condolences from us Tony. I’ve been there myself, I lost my dad on April 21 of 2012.
If I can do anything, let me know, even if you just want someone to talk to.
I get the humor thing, I was at Xenocon when I lost my dad and got the call, my friend brought me from there to the hospital just to see the body and observe last right, and then I just went back to the con because I wasn’t really sure what else to do. The GM of the third slot asked how slot two was and I just said “My dad died during it” “In the game?” “NOPE! HAHAHAHAHA”
My grandma died of Alzheimer’s and she had the same experience as you mentioned with your grandfather. She was suddenly lucid after being just gone for years.
And my great uncle had a pretty good end too, he died sitting in church. Everyone stood up at the end of the service and he just didn’t.
Sorry, this is all kind of stream of consciousness.
Tony, thanks for sharing this journey. I’m so sorry for your loss.
Tony: So sorry to hear about your Dad.
Tony’s Dad’s History: Wow, that sounds so familiar. While my Dad was massively proud of serving in USMC; he never spoke about what he did during his time. The most I ever heard about his time in service was from old reel to reel tape recordings he used to send to my Mom while he was overseas. There weren’t a lot of those tapes left, but I was able to get them converted to MP3s so I could listen to them. Hearing my Dad send these audio letters to Mom from when he was probably in his 20s vs knowing him as the very uptight/strict 40 year old man I knew him as; that was quite the eye opener. 🙂