re: For those of you who lost your father, how old were you when he passed?

I was 24 and my younger brother was 20. Massive heart attack.

The older I get the more in awe of that man I become. He was a rare and true gentleman. The way he set a living example of a great husband, father, friend, and family man … his only flaw was that he was too trusting.

His death also put my life (and that of my mother and brother) on a completely different trajectory. My extended family descended on us like vultures… lawsuits… lies… they did everything they did just because they could. They were wealthy and had the advantage, my family was in an awful state and easy prey to them. My father believed in family, and that a family member’s word was a true bond … like I said, we were easy prey for that soulless filth who began plotting before my dad was even cold in the ground.