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Well, Dad is going in for heart valve surgery Tues morn if all the labs come out OK Mon. He's an atheist, but I'd appreciate prayers for Dad anyway.

I can't say we got along much in the first 30 years, but have to admit once I was sober it was much much better talking to the man.

He tells me things I think are reserved for us. That's a good sign, hey? I don't want him to go yet, but what can I say or do about that? He's in his upper 70's. The last time he had surgery he had a stroke afterwards and this impaired him slightly. So he's worried now about that.

He is in AZ. He enjoys the desert. He likes birds for some reason.
He's a funny sort of guy. Once brilliant by any measure- the kind that knocked people's jaws back- now he fits in well with the Oldsters in the retirement community.

He's a lot nicer than he used to be.
Isn't that something? You learn to let it go, don't you?




Thank you,

munk
 
prayers and smoke on the way, munk...

hang in there...
 
As you request, so it shall be.

It sounds like you two have an understanding. That doesn't often happen. Congratulations.



Kis
 
munk said:
Well, Dad is going in for heart valve surgery Tues morn if all the labs come out OK Mon. He's an atheist, but I'd appreciate prayers for Dad anyway.

He's a lot nicer than he used to be.
Isn't that something? You learn to let it go, don't you?




Thank you,

munk
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Prayers & Smoke for your dad Munk.

Not always Munk, not always. But it's better now than when I was younger.
 
prayers sent for father and son....


on the trip I took yesterday to get the car, my father-in-law was telling me things I don't even his kids know. I think sometimes it just takes the right care and attention.


Attention goes a long way - kids know this all too well....;)
 
Prayers sent for your dad Munk...and like Dan said, for you too.

Be glad you got sober and reconciled with dad before he was gone...I'm sure it means the world to him---whether he says so out loud or not.
 
I know how you feel. My own father is eighty-five and has been a diabetic for thirty years. He has controlled the disease through medication and weight control for twenty eight of those years. During that time his weight has remained very stable at around one hundred sixty-five pounds until the last six months. He has lost over thirty pounds during that time and has lost his appetite nearly completely. My sister who has been a nurse for over twenty-five years doesn't think he will see the new year. He has become so physically frail that it is a real effort for him to just get around. Mentally he is all there and knows full well what is happening to him. His only real regret is that he can no longer do the every day physical things he had been able to do just six months ago. He is also an aetheist and isn't about to change any time soon. He made the landing on Omaha beach on D-day plus 3 hours and before that served on destroyers in the North Atlantic for three years. He has wonderful stories of his time in the Navy and of growing up in Iowa during the twenties and thirties. I know I will miss that and his "Rock-of-Gibraltar" manner about him. I have been spending all the time he and my mother can stand of me for the present because I want to enjoy his company while I still can. Best wishes for both our dad's, they will always be too young to check out of our lives. :(
 
I've been wondering and worrying about you, munk. And sending prayers and smoke for both of you up til the last few days... will start doing so again.
 
Sorry to hear about your Dad, Munk. He, you & Pappy are in our prayers.
 
Running late today munk...prayers and smoke at midnight.
 
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