another reason why xmas this year is gonna suck
 

my dad passed away last tuesday afternoon. :( he was 51. :(

he was diagnosed with hodgkin disease 15 years ago. he was given only 2 years to live but fought and lived on for another 15 years with family support and good spirits. he was the strongest guy i've ever known, even if he wasn't my father and i knew him, i'd still think he was stronger than anyone who's ever lived. he was admitted into the hospital few days before thanksgiving due to pneumonia. his health then deteriorated and he was put on life support for a week and half. last monday all of us, including the doctor, had a meeting, to talk about the options, whether to keep going with operations, nurse care, a machine breathing for him, etc. with a slim chance of improving or to give it up and die with dignity. he had decided he's had enough and we all agreed to let him go. we believed it was the right choice to end the lengthy suffering he's gone through. he was taken off life support and breathed on his own the next 24 hours. my immediate family, my mom and two sisters, and i were with him when we saw him take his last breath. we were relieved to see him go peacefully.

during his ordeal in the hospital, one night, i had a dream of my dad and myself when i was little and we were at the beach. my dad loved the beach. he would ask me to swim across the ocean to a tidal bank, which was half mile away. i was too afraid. my dad then jumped into the water and swam half a mile to the tidal bank, he had made it. i thought to myself, if he could do it, so can i. so i jumped in, swam half a mile to the tidal bank and made it. he's alway been my guide and helped me to get over my fears. i've alway felt safe with him. now that he's gone, whenever i'm faced with a frightful situation, i'd think of my dad. here's to you, dad. :beer :tear

sorry about your loss. Its terrible when someone close to you dies. One of my friends jumped in front of a train a few months ago. No one knows why. :(

:(

Going on for 13 years past the prediction is pretty amazing. Sorry for your loss.

Geggy, I am truly sorry to hear about your loss. It sounds like he was a great man and you honor his memory well.

my dad was known as a big prankster so he would alway tell us that he's been cured but we all knew that it wasn't true and he was still sick. he didn't want us to worry and wanted us to live and let live without feeling sorry for him. he hated that shit.

speaking of my dad being a prankster, this one time when i was little, my sister and i were taken to an convienence store by one of my dad's co workers from hostess cakes and wonder bread. inside there was a man dressed up as twinkie the kid passing out twinkies and cupcakes. i hadnt had a clue who was the man inside the suit and i used to be so terrified of the costumes like the one he was wearing. everytime he would come closer to me, i would scream and run to hide behind my sister, using her as a shield. it went on until his shift had ended. we went out in the back of the store, the man in the costume had taken off his head gear, it turned out to be my dad. he looked at me and started laughing. i laughed and laughed and punched my dad in the gut and yelled at my sister for not telling me that it was my dad inside the suit the whole time. we went on and ate what was left over, afterwards.

He sounded like a cool guy that loved you guy's very much. Sorry for you loss.

Jesus fucking Christ that's fucking awful. I'm really sorry. :(

Your dad sounds like he was an awesome guy.

:lol :suicide :lol

you son of a whore. >:

I'm sorry, I don't speak emoticon. Did you just say you were a huge, greasy bag of crap, newtype?

HEY LETS SCREW WITH NEWTYPE CUZ HE LIKES TO MAKE FUN OF PEEPLE WITH DED FAMILY MEMBERS..


DAMN I AM SUCH AN ASSHOLE.

yes, you certainly are. go away.

k finnish 'tard.

Geggy-

Sorry to hear such bad news. I have not been on speaking terms with my father for a few years now, but I finally took the first step towards making amends this holiday season. I know if something like this happened, I would feel horrible, since we haven't talked for so long. Unfortunately, my attempts have so far fallen through.

It is nothing compared with your loss. I hope our condolences help, if only a little.

SAY, WHAT IF NEWTYPE HAS SOME KIND OF REALLY BAD CANCER OR DEGENRATIVE NERVE DISORDER AND HE DOESN'T KNOW IT YET?!? BUT, THEN, SEE, HE FINDS OUT, AND AFTER A WHILE HE DIES? BUT FIRST IT REALLY, REALLY HURTS ALL THE TIME? AND HE LINGERS AT DEATHS DOOR TILL EVEN HIS OWN RELATIVES CAN'T LOOK HIM IN THE EYE? AND THEN HE GETS A COLOSTOMY AND BED SORES AND PRAYS FOR DEATH FOR ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE FINALLY HE DIES SO SLOWLY IT'S HARD FOR EVEN THE DR'S TO TELL THE MOMENT HE DIES?

LAUGHING EMOTICONS BY THE DOZEN!!!




Is that what you had in mind?

tats teh BIG if. :(

sorry for your loss :(

I will say Kaddish for your dad, Geggy. :(

YEH kudos to him for croaking later that he was told!

Very glad that he died a peaceful death with his family members around him. My great grandmother died in her old age recently, didn't even find about it after two days

Goddamnit why do you even fucking exist?

Hey everybody, let's all behave just like Newtype when one of his/her loved ones die a horribly painful death and he tells us. >:

thanks for the sympathies and saying kaddish for my dad.

everyone, do me a favor, it would make my xmas a little better if you gave your dad a hug and told him how much you love him, even if you're on bad terms. the love for your dad should be unconditional and if he treats you lousy, you should love him, anyway. :(
and your mom, too. :(
and everyone else. :(
except for newtype. :(

better yet, we can ignore his off the wall comments, and the little attention whore will shrivel up from lack of substance.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss, I too know the pain of loosing a loved one as my father died the day after 9/11.
As for newtype, you had better not give out any information that would clue me in to your identity, cause I'm gonna take you down as soon as possible.