I lost my father to lung cancer when I was 18. He had been fighting it for just over 2 year when he passed away. I had just joined the Navy and was in my first training school and was called to the office one evening to be informed that he had less than 24 hours to live.
I was given a plane ticket for the next day and sent home for a week to see him and attend the funeral. I did not make it in time to see him that one last time and to this day I deeply regret it. He passed away just a couple of hours before my plane arrived.
I think what I regret the most was that I never did get to tell him how much I loved him and he never got the chance to tell me how proud of me he was. I know he was but never got the chance for him to say it.
Let this be a lesson to all of you to never put off telling a loved on how much they mean to you. It has been over 25 years since he passed away and I still wish I could have told him.
The Daffodil Movement
Guild for the Daffodil Movement, a cancer awareness movement here on Gaia.
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