Wednesday, June 8, 2011

30 years ago today my Dad died

I can hardly believe that it has been 30 years since my Dad passed away. I was 13 when he died and I can remember every second of that day like it was yesterday. I came home from school, Bair Middle School, and went to my grandparents house... like I had been doing for the past couple of months. Except this day was different.... and would change my life forever. When I walked into the apartment, my Aunt Vivian and Uncle Moe were there, along with my grandparents, sister, Aunt Rose, and Mother. My Mother said she needed to talk to me and took me into the back bedroom where my grandparents slept. As soon as she sat down on the bed I knew something was wrong..... she said, "Daddy died." I refused to believe daddy was gone..... it couldn't be..... we just spent the previous day swimming together in the pool, laughing and having fun. It was real.... he was gone..... forever.
Not a day goes by that I don't think about him and miss him and having a father in my life.