"As much as Dad was a hard worker, he was also a compassionate and supportive father to myself and my 4 brothers and sister and an outstanding brother to my uncle and aunt. He was the problem solver, the guy you knew you could go to who would say just what you needed to hear, the guy who knew how to get things done, and would do something for you without thinking twice. He always put others before himself. That was the way Dad was – he showed us how much he loved us by always doing things for us. I like thinking about the times I’d call my Dad up when I was at at home and he was at his office and we would just talk. I really appreciate the advice he has given me over the years, and I hope he knows how much that means to me. I remember one recent time I called him up really upset about something and he was so understanding and loving and he talked to me with such a kind voice. He listened to me, and he calmed me down and told me exactly what to do. I am so thankful for having him as a Dad. He is what every dad should be - a supporting, loving and unselfish man that you would be so proud to call your Dad. I think I speak for all of my brothers and my sister when I say, Dad was, is and always will be our protector and our hero, and we are so proud to call him our Dad."
The last words of my late father:
"It’s better that people don’t live forever – we get the time that we get, we live, we learn, we pass the baton on, I can see how temporary this life is, this body it’s here for a certain amount of time – a cosmic blink of an eye, if that.
Dying creates space for new growth, new life – like forests with trees that fall, rot, new trees grow – procession.
God has provided a physical body with which to live this physical life,
but eventually, through age, infirmity, injury or illness,
our body becomes so worn or damaged that it is no longer capable of sustaining our life.
At that moment, God allows us to lay our physical bodies down,
and he provides us with a new, Spiritual, Body.
Our physical body is confined by time.
We are confined to our physical limits.
We only get a fleeting glimpse of things spiritual.
Our new, Spiritual, Body has no limits.
We are able to see the fullness of Spiritual things.
The fullness of God's love.
The fullness of God's joy.
The fullness of God's peace.
I just hope death catches me when im asleep and its painless... surrounds and in-fills by all my loved one."
Cancer is so limited, It cannot corrode faith, It cannot shatter hope,It cannot kill friendships, It cannot cripple love, It cannot destroy peace, It cannot silence courage, It cannot suppress memories, It cannot conquer the spirit.
