Daddy, you can let go...

[ajblakejr]

I sent a friend a message and I started to cry.

I keep seeing a commercial that rips me up and makes my body weak.

It hurts.

[video=youtube;XrHKUVYkftw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrHKUVYkftw&feature=related[/video]

 

[ajblakejr]

This was the hardest thing I ever had to do...

It was killin’ me to see
The strongest man I ever knew
Wastin’ away to nothin’
In that hospital room​

 

[toonertoo]

Yes it is touching, and it reminds me of the day my dad died, and frankly, Ive seen it enough. Its on every morning before I leave for work. I hate crying on the way to work, and Dad would not want it.

 

[packageguy]

That was a tear jerker, I never saw that vidoe. Thanks for sharing it

 

[curiousbrain]

This was the hardest thing I ever had to do...

I'll bare my soul a little bit.

I watched my father waste away over the course of many years, the last few weeks of which were in a hospital room with all types of machines and what not.

This happened when I was young, and it took me quite a few years to figure out how to constructively deal with it. The solution I came up with was to embody what I believe were his principles and ethics as a little voice in my head; now, when I wonder about things I can almost have an internal conversation about them - obviously, this is "thinking", but it is a little different. The voice quite often tells me that I'm full of crap or what not, and I find it very hard to fool this voice, despite repeated tries.

Also, I find that experiencing such a loss reminds me of my own mortality - I am constantly trying to get things done now because I am acutely aware that tomorrow is both so close and so far.

Finally, this reminded me of this:

[video=youtube;vmC3rJR7E98]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmC3rJR7E98[/video]