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A message to anyone who will listen.
I know i havent been on here in a while, and thought tonite that i would start a new thread. In august my father passed away. I wanted to send a message out to, especially teens, but really to everyone, the importance that people in our family are.
My Father and i were not very close, he always seemed angy, worked away for months at a time, and really we just had such a similar personality that our stubbeness often left us both in arguments.
3 months before his death he was diagnosed with mesothelomia cancer. This is cancer cause by asbestos, workplace.
Seeing such a strong man deteriate in a matter of 2 weeks was undescribable.
And now its just mum and i , some step siblings.
I really wanted to send a message to anyone who isnt appreciating their family atm or is struggling to deal with the family pressures that you are lucky to have family around you.
I was one of those people who wanted to move away from dad, i didnt want to live with him, and now, i want him to be here with us. No one ever knows how close they are to death, so you really need to appreciate and enjoy every moment you have with a person. I know some of you will go yea whatever you dont know what it was like.. but i do.
I remember on one occasion being afraid that my dad was going to hit me, wanting to move out, screaming at him. And now i look back and think of things we did together..
even basic things like i never carried a picture of him, and now i have pictures on my phone, ipod, wall and in my wallet.
The old saying 'you dont know what you have until its gone" is amazingly true.
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