Any Lucky Penny Will Do Fine.
We had a loss in the family today. My father's roommate, one of my little brother's closest friends, someone we'd all known nearly 20 years, since he was a 15 year old boy, passed away this morning
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*tight, comforting hugs*
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*tight, comforting hugs*
Thank you. It was strange this Christmas, to not have Lucky at Dad's dining room table. I don't think my little brother will ever stop fully grieving for his friend, his brother. <3
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Lucky behaved like a crotchety old man his whole life & yet he was so loved. And now he is so missed. <3
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PS your dad sounds like an awesome person.
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Thank you. I feel most bad for my little brother, who celebrated Christmas this year without his mom or his brother. So strange that the room at the end of Dad's hall sits empty now.
PS your dad sounds like an awesome person.I'll tell you, when we were growing up, Dad was functioning with an undiagnosed/untreated mental illness. So things were tough for us kids at times. But he's been treated now for 20 years and though he can still be a bit of a right-wing conspiracy nut, he has changed into a whole new person. He was always nice and welcoming to our friends at the house, but if someone ha a problem, well that was for their family to take care of. It's the person's family business and no one else's. But now he has come to realize that not all families step up, not everyone has a family to rely on or a family in a position to help even. And sometimes other people have to reach out and help a friend, help a neighbor, if they need it. And it's made him a better person, ( ... )
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Thank you. Lucky had such a rough young life, not just with his health but with his home situation at times, and that my dad saw that and reached out to Lucky when he needed it, it never ceases to amaze me.
Dad always said he wished he could help me more, wished he could have taken me in when he saw things were bad living with my mom. But, of course, too often the help I need is dressing/bathing/etc and not things Dad or I would be comfortable with him doing for me. So he is always sure to tell my sister how grateful he is that she took me in and helps me everyday. I think that made him see, like knowing he couldn't help me, so in turn, he paid it forward in a way, by taking in Lucky, by helping Lucky when his family was unable to. Does that make sense? Like somewhere between how my dad was when I was a kid vs the day he called Lucky at the hospital and said, "Get your ( ... )
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