One year ago today was the last day I saw my dad alive. We took him out to dinner at this new Mexican restaurant he really wanted to go to. I had never been there, but my brothers had taken him there recently and he wanted to go there again. It was good, but I noticed my dad didn’t really eat that much. He was on the downward spiral at that point and had been for a while, but I didn’t think that was all the time I was going to get with him. What would I have done differently that night had I known? Did I hug him? Did I tell him I loved him? I am sure I probably did. We had taken him out to celebrate Father’s Day. The only thing I can say that I know I would have done differently, had I known, is that I would have tried to take everything in…really just tried to soak up the whole evening. Hug your dad today. Tell him you love him. Soak it up.
