30 Years Today

It was 30 years ago today that my Dad died of lung cancer.  It still seems unreal to me.  I miss him so much.  I wish he'd been able to be at my wedding to Tim, and see his grandchildren.  He never saw any grandchildren.  He died at 57 years old, the age I am now.............that's kind of surreal to me too.

My mom has been alone all this time, never wanting to meet someone else to fall in love with.  Dad was her one and only.  I was 27 when my dad died.  We'd passed the Dad/Child times and were Friends/Peers.  I had been working as a special education teacher for 2 years and lived on my own about 10 minutes away.

Things dramatically changed when my Dad died.  My first husband asked for a divorce, my mom said she could no longer be the mom and take care of our needs.  Most of us were out of the house by then.
My mom went back to college to update her nursing degree.  She spent the next 25 years working at Aristocrat Berea Nursing Home on the 3-11 shift.  To this day she still goes to sleep late at night and sleeps in until around noon.  Kind of like my teenager! LOL

Blessing of the Day: Great memories of my dad.
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