one of the not so good days

[kirkgas]

today is the 20th anniversary of my dad passing away, he was only 54 ( i say only 54 now cause i'm 48, which is scary) at the time i was 28 and in a way thought he was older rather than younger, now i have changed my mind, how bad is that, i know we have all been there with someone passing, but on the anniversary you tend to have a wee extra think, anyway just a thought to anyone else who is having a wee extra think today

 

[Alastairreid]

Same here Kirkgas, my dad had a heart attack at 34, then a double bypass which he survived.

then he was diagnosed with cancer at 52 that was xmas 1990, died 7 days later.

i was 26 at the time, i'm now 46...i thought he was old then...not now!

 

[obmcfc]

Thoughts with you today mate

My other half's father passed away when in his late 40's, she was in her 20's - she is 50 now and bit scared - in past 18 months she has had mild heart attack (which is what killed her father), arthritis in shoulder, fractured elbow and gall stones

 

[Bahco]

Regards to you all.

You never know when your number is up and I think we all expect to live into our 70s.

 

[masona]

I was 32 when my dad passed away in 1992, still feel lonely without him

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

I like most have lost loved ones and on those anniversary days, a wee extra reminisce of the fun and good times we had, gets me through.

 

[crockett]

My thoughts are with you, KG. My stepdad died at the age of 36 in '85, fit as a fiddle one minute, then gone. Dad died aged 55 in 1994, not so fit, and about 3000 miles away. Never a nice subject, but the memories are still fresh.

 

[roughcaster]

Im with the rest of the guys KG, my thoughts are with you too.

 

[Mw Roofline]

Jesus 54 is young mate.

 

[kirkgas]

cheers for the thoughts and comments to me and all others, much appreciated, yes i agree 54 is young, especially when im now 48
had a wee chat with my wee mum who struggles a bit on this day and his birthday which was early sept, TBH i feel the anniversary of his death harder than his birthday, i remember my daughter who was 6 when it happened, saying to her at the first christmas, as an attempt to cheere her up "oh well gran at least you wont need to buy him a present"

 

[conny]

And I bet it did cause her to smile.
The innocence of the young is a wonderful tonic at times.

My thoughts to all of you, both my parents were in their 70's but it still hurts at times.

 

[wotan]

My wedding anniversary, is a bitter sweet affair, I have been married 37 years, my mum died the day after we got married, she had no obvious previous illness.
Its still a painful time, after all these years, there was so much I wanted to give her in return, after the upbringing she gave me.

Wotan

 

[Mickymoody]

My partners parents died the day after my birthday, but a year apart, her Father died, then one year on, to the day, her Mother died, then her brother died a week after, then her other brother died, a year later to the day...strange.

 

[joe-90]

Does your partner work, Mick?

 

[Mickymoody]

Does your partner work, Mick?

An odd question, yes she does work, we both do in fact, just to set the record straight.