> On Thursday my father passed away from cancer. I was with him in his last breaths. I was there with my dad when I was 11 and he was 46. I think about it almo

> On Thursday my father passed away from cancer. I was with him in his last breaths. I was there with my dad when I was 11 and he was 46. I think about it almost daily 25 years later. I can still see him and feel his hand in my mind. It is the most rotten gift you can receive and a pain that you could someday cherish. To think of the potential discomfort and maybe even fear as life comes to a close yet have their child there with them, for you to see your parent off, is a moment that many people don't have. A moment of which many people were robbed with the pandemic and isolation in hospitals. Grief will come and go and time makes everything better. None of us get out of here alive. > Two men drowned on Sunday. I jumped in but failed to get them out. They died less than a meter from me. This is strikingly different and has a different impact. I was a volunteer firefighter for a long time and worked accidents with multiple casualties along with weeks of multiple calls and fatalities. Please talk to someone you trust or can relate to what you experienced. My details are in my profile if I am that person. Thank you for your act of kindness.