Facebook Post: December 23, 2009

Dad,

11 years ago tomorrow you had a five hour open heart surgery and you pulled through like a champ. On Friday it will be 4 months since you passed away and I still think that when you took your stroke on August 02 and the weeks that followed, if it wasn’t for your blood infection, you would be here today getting ready to celebrate Christmas. We never in our wildest dreams could have imagined you not being here with us this Holiday Season. I have to admit, losing you never really crossed my mind like how I feel about losing a father. I guess in some ways I knew one day you would go to heaven but I never thought it would be this soon. 60 years old, full of life and one hell of a guy…I never thought a dam blood infection would take your precious life. I want you to know that as we get ready for this wonderful Holiday you have not been forgotten. We think of you each day, pray about you every night and our hearts are not the same since you took your last breath. I was told that your heart was one of a 10 year old. New and healthy. When I laid my head on your heart as you prepared to go to heaven, I knew that your heart would be the last thing to say good bye. I listened to every beat until you took your last breath and I couldn’t hear your heart beat any more. God told me before this that I had to let you go. I never wanted to. If it was up to me, you would still be here, with my head on your heart, listening to every beat. I love you so much and I miss you. I still read the poem that I gave you in the hospital and at your service and I am reminded of one sentence.

“We’re together though we’re apart.”

With love,

Jenny