My dad was buried today, he passed last Friday ...

[Rhiannon12866]

104. I am so sorry about your Dad, I've been there, too, way too soon

And equally sorry that you missed his funeral due to car trouble, sounds like a tough experience. It's too bad that your Dad was so far away, mine is close enough that I go there every week to light a new candle for him. An older friend suggested that I write my Dad a letter, but I told her that I talk to him all the time since the cemetery is just down the hill from the office where I used to work. One of the saddest things was that my grandmother outlived him as she did with 3 of her 4 children, but my Dad was her eldest boy and she was particularly close to him, he was always there for his mother.

I'm the eldest in my family now, too, except one aunt by marriage, and every one of my generation lives in other states except for my agoraphobic brother. I hope that you can keep up with your brothers, your Dad sounds like a wonderful man.