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For people who've lost a parent: What's the last thing you said to your mom/dad?
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:33 pm
My father unexpectedly died in 2007. Six months earlier he informed my siblings and I that he was moving to Florida with his new wife. Shortly after he announced that he was leaving Missouri, my grandmother called my siblings and I to urge us to visit our father before he left because she had a feeling it would be the last time we saw him alive.
That was a startling thing to hear from my (at that time) 85 year old grandmother. She never explained to us why she had that eerie feeling.
My siblings and I scheduled a long 3 day weekend before he left. It was a great weekend full of laughter, wonderful meals, throwing the football, catching up, etc. The perfect weekend that (at the time) just seemed normal.
When the weekend was over, my wife and I were packing our car for the long ride home. I turned to my dad to say goodbye.
He got a little teary eyed and told me he loved me. I told him I loved him too. We bear hugged (a masculine tradition we always did with my father growing up), and then he said, "Visit me as soon as possible, son."
I said, "Don't worry dad, I'll see you soon. It'll be a good excuse for a vacation to Florida (laughter). Be careful driving out there. Love ya." We hugged one last time and then my wife and I drove away.
Six months later I received a phone call from my mother that he had died in his sleep at 57 years old from a pulmonary embolism.
That was a startling thing to hear from my (at that time) 85 year old grandmother. She never explained to us why she had that eerie feeling.
My siblings and I scheduled a long 3 day weekend before he left. It was a great weekend full of laughter, wonderful meals, throwing the football, catching up, etc. The perfect weekend that (at the time) just seemed normal.
When the weekend was over, my wife and I were packing our car for the long ride home. I turned to my dad to say goodbye.
He got a little teary eyed and told me he loved me. I told him I loved him too. We bear hugged (a masculine tradition we always did with my father growing up), and then he said, "Visit me as soon as possible, son."
I said, "Don't worry dad, I'll see you soon. It'll be a good excuse for a vacation to Florida (laughter). Be careful driving out there. Love ya." We hugged one last time and then my wife and I drove away.
Six months later I received a phone call from my mother that he had died in his sleep at 57 years old from a pulmonary embolism.
This post was edited on 10/16/15 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:34 pm to mizzoukills
I don't remember but I'm sure it was most likely that I loved them.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:36 pm to mizzoukills
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What's the last thing you said
Damn, I never really thought about it. But I had a good relationship with my father. It's not like I was trying to pack a lifetime of communication into a long three day weekend like a lot of jerk offs.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:36 pm to mizzoukills
I was 6 years old and I said, "I don't understand why you're going to the convenience store for cigarettes right now. You have 4 packs on the counter."
Last time I ever saw him.
:wah:
Dad, if you're out there and you browse Tiger Droppings and see this, please come home.
Last time I ever saw him.
:wah:
Dad, if you're out there and you browse Tiger Droppings and see this, please come home.
This post was edited on 10/16/15 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:36 pm to mizzoukills
Thanks for depressing us on a Friday afternoon
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:36 pm to mizzoukills
Cubs are going to kick the Cardinal's arse
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:37 pm to mizzoukills
My father and I had a stupid conversation about the versatility of the word "frick."
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:37 pm to mizzoukills
Mom need $1500
I responded "K"
she said "thank you"
I responded "K"
she said "thank you"
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:37 pm to mizzoukills
My dad in 2013. Just a normal phone conversation. We discussed a distant cousin who was going viral on Youtube. He seemed to be in great health and then dropped dead in the driveway two days later. He was on his way out the door to see a cardiologist and had a heart attack. He was only 53.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:39 pm to upgrayedd
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Thanks for depressing us on a Friday afternoon
And this.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:39 pm to mizzoukills
No idea. My dad died when I was 8. Don't remember one thing he ever told me or vice versa
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:39 pm to DHS1997
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Damn that's creepy..
My grandmother has always had what we call a "gift". She's an old school Christian, so she refuses to call herself a psychic, but rather says she has a "gift".
She's done things like that all her life, including asking a ghost in their house to shut the door to the basement and to knock off "the racket".
No joke...the fricking door to the basement closed the moment she said that and the strange ghostly things that were happening in the house for years suddenly stopped for several months. Multiple family witnesses.
This post was edited on 10/16/15 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:40 pm to Peazey
Last night with him, we watched lsu play i think it was ms st on thursday night. woke up in morning, i went to work, saw him last in his undies. talked to him after lunch on friday about getting a new battery in car.... he died few hours later... RIP. damn u op.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:42 pm to Chad504boy
I admit that I'm a little soggy eyed right now just thinking about my dad. I start these type of threads sometimes as self therapy. It's good to discuss this stuff, plus it keeps my father fresh in my mind.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:42 pm to mizzoukills
My dad died August 3rd of this year. I didn't get a chance to talk to him. Honestly can't remember the last thing I said to him outside of a facebook post. Hate things ended that way.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:43 pm to mizzoukills
mine was 2007 too, dad 57 as well.
This post was edited on 10/16/15 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:44 pm to mizzoukills
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including as a ghost in their house to shut the door to the basement
Killz.........
Pls.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:46 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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My dad died August 3rd of this year. I didn't get a chance to talk to him. Honestly can't remember the last thing I said to him outside of a facebook post. Hate things ended that way.
Whenever I hear friends or acquaintances talk about how they haven't spoken to their mother or father for a long time due to some kind of rift, I encourage them to let the past bullshite roll off their shoulders and attempt to re-establish a relationship with their parent(s) as soon as possible....because when they receive news of their parent(s) passing, it'll be too late. And that's a very finite but incredibly sad feeling.
This post was edited on 10/16/15 at 3:48 pm
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