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My Dad died 32 years next week. He was three weeks shy of his 55th birthday. For me, that was yesterday. Dad and I were both May babies. Today I'm older than he ever experienced. I knew at the time (a 22yo mother of almost 2 children) that almost 55 was a young age at which to die. Today I'm so much more aware of just how young it is.

At the time, Dad had two grandchildren with one on the way and the eldest had just started to toddle. He'd walked 6 or 7 steps to Dad. He went from toddling a few steps to running up the long corridor the morning after Dad died.

At this point in time I have two grandchildren with one on the way. Both of my grandchildren started walking about 3 weeks ago, so are still in the early toddling stage. (Isn't that a marvellous time? Watching them explore and revel in their newfound skills is just amazing!)

I'm OK, but this is a big day and sometimes just a little hard to fathom.
Novel Happy Birthday (belatedly). Enjoyable to hear about the parallels. Wonder if your father's grandson was imbued with the energy your father left behind as he died - to go so quickly from just walking to running... It is sad that your father died so early. Mine did too, although aged 64. I still think life is so unfair that there has to be a heaven ...See More
Apr 22, 2015


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