My Dad

This is my Dad. On 13th December 2021, he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. There was no cure available. He died on 1st February 2022.

We (my mum, my two sisters, me and two dogs) were with him and it was very, very peaceful. I am comforted by the thought that he is no longer suffering but my heart aches. My Dad taught me humour, humility and compassion. He was hilariously cantankerous but a man of absolute integrity. I wish we had been able to keep him for another 10, maybe 15 years but sadly, it wasn’t to be.

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.”