The saddest day of my life Options

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A few weeks ago my father, (The greatest man that ever lived and my best friend) came up to visit me from Texas where he was enjoying his retirement. He was an officer in the Navy for most of his life, he worked at PARC on the first computer systems and worked for Scientific Data Systems now known as Xerox for 27 years. He could do anything and everything. I just got a phone call from my step mom that he passed away this morning. I wont be around for awhile, I am heading down to Texas to say my last goodbyes to my best friend.

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I want to say thank you to everyone for the well wishes. Also thanks to the people who tried to call. I didnt answer the phone for a few reasons, one, I have a hard time talking, I am sure you all understand. This is really tough for me. When you picture how a perfect father and son relationship should be, me and my dad are right there. He and I did everything together when I was growing up. When I was little, I would go out and help him in the garage work on cars, motorcycles and anything mechanical. I helped him sand down and color sand a 62 Karman Ghia. We traveled all over the country in that car. We went fishing and hunting and camping together just him and I. It was always me and Dad. When he came down a few weeks ago he returned to me a 22 Remington Fieldmaster pump rifle that he gave me when I was 10. He got it when he was around 10 or so from his father. He had taken it a few years ago to have refinished. It is back here with me now where I will put it in my gun cabinet and perhaps pass it on to my son. He told me when he was here last that he wanted me to have all of his guns when he passes. I told him I would rather have him. My desktop is now the last picture of him and me when I went down there a year or so ago. It will remain my desktop from now on. We all know it will happen, maybe for some it already has, for those of you, I truly know how you feel now. This is a pain that nobody should ever have to go through. He died of Pnumonia. He had it when he was here and cut his visit short because he wasnt feeling well. There are so many emotions running through me right now. Anger, sadness, but the one I dont feel is remourse. There wasnt a time when I didnt tell him that I loved him so I knew he would know how I felt. I talked to my sister tonight and she is suffering from that. She never told him. If you have not told your parents lately, make it a point to do so soon, you just never know when the time is up. This is the picture that will forever be on my computer desktop. Again, thanks to everyone.