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My dad wasn’t a particularly warm man. Though he did have many friends and my stepmother’s family loved him, he wasn’t a good father. He didn’t keep in touch, that was left for me to do.
I will miss him dearly though. I was at his bedside as he died and was there at the funeral representing my mom and sisters. It was a sad duty. I am the oldest. It was my job. I will never have a man call me babe, nor will there be a man ever teling me he loves me. I know my dad did love me in his way, but it hurts that I will never hear those words again.
I’m a single mom and just hearing a man say he loves you, even if it is just your dad, is just special. Now I will never hear that again.
Goodbye dad. I will miss you dearly.