My boyfriend's Father passed away this morning from Stage 4 Cancer. Here's a cut and paste I did. Names are changed though.
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As most of you know, Pete's Dad and my future Father in Law (Even though I already called him Dad) passed away this morning.
The last month has been very difficult for us especially since more and more time was taken away and faster than we anticipated. What was several years before the prognosis, become six months to a one year, which then turned into a few months then turned into you don't even have a week left, Friday will be too late. We never got the chance to bring him out to Vegas or have him sit in the Captain's chair at Quarks but Pete was able to be there with his sister as Dad passed on. I think if he wasn't able to be there for that it would have haunted him for a very long time even though it wouldn't have been his fault. But he was able to be there and that's something. So thank you to all the people who helped be it with finances, a call, e-mails, posts or whatever else you may have done. It's made things far easier.
The say that nobody truly dies if people know about the person. I suppose in some ways that's true. Memorable people in history still seem alive because people told their story. Jim was just awesome. I remember the first mention of Pete's Dad. We just started dating and Pete was telling me about telling Dad about me. Me not liking Bush was the clincher. "Oh... I like her!" was his response. He taught different political courses at the college so that might have helped endear me to him.
Eventually we met and had a great time at Disneyland. Being a college professor he had the smarts and was a great storyteller. He could tell me about Jericho, Charlie Wilson or anything in general and I would just be spellbound. He knew how to tell interesting stories. Pete, his sister, his niece and nephew left for a while and Jim and I just chatted about everything. At the end of his Disneyland trip he spoke to me private and said he wanted to give me his blessing if "we decide to make something of this".
There's just so many good things I can tell about his character. He raised a good son and good daughter. He was a decent guy, knowledgeable, and just a treat to be around.
I'll miss him a great deal... I feel so bad for Pete because as big as my pain is, I can only imagine how many times it's being magnified to him and his sister.
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