Dad saw the gastroenterologist this week

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2. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy

I was only 46 when my father died, after he was misdiagnosed with MS, when he actually had a brain tumor. I also lost my mother to Alzheimer's. Dad was only 71 and Mom was 87.

Barely a day goes by when I don't wish my Dad was just a phone call away. He could figure out a great solution to any problem I ever encountered. And I kick myself, daily, for not paying closer attention to how my Mom made some of her wonderful baked goods. I figure that as long as they are in my thoughts, they are still around me.

I know you will give them a lifetime full of love, in the time you have left, with them.