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I Miss My Dad

My dad Ron was the coolest guy ever. He was 60 years old when he suddenly died at 5:15am on October 18, 2006, two weeks before I turned 35. A massive heart attack took him almost instantly, the doctor said he felt no pain. I am as devastated today as I was that very terrible day. I cry daily, when I am alone so not to upset my mother who is 71. He was a Shakuhachi master, he played for 40 years, (the Japanese flute) and taught for FREE because he loved his instrument so much. He was so kind and giving. I remember as a child being at the mall with my parents and brother and there was a disabled man who missed his bus. Most people would not care but my dad drove him home. We did not know him but my father had the most caring heart. Children loved him and hung on him, he made everyone a better person. I use to call him at work for no reason, just to talk.. Everyone loved him. He fought in Vietnam, he played his flute at retirement homes, he drove the neighbor to her emissions test every year, he was the most giving person I have ever met. I was extremely close to my parents as are my children, we spent practically every week of our lives with my parents. Yeah, some might think it's excessive, but when you lose someone we always says we wish we spent more time with them, I still say that and I saw them every week and lived with them for 30 years. We sent my Dad to heaven with a very simple funeral service, nothing religious, he would not have wanted it. We put up the many pictures we had of him, put out the Flying Tiger replica plane I bought him which he told me was the best gift he'd ever received. We put his flutes on a table and played HIS music that he recorded for all to hear. We put a scrapbook together for all to see. We dressed him in his best suit and put on his Flying Tiger tie. We cried, our family cried, our friends cried, his dentist colleagues cried, his flute student cried. There were flowers sent from everywhere, 9 different bouquets, big and small. People came out of the woodwork, people we hadn't seen in years, people we didn't know who knew he passed. There were at least 250 people who came to his viewing to pay their last respects. That day will live in my heart and mind forever, I knew my brother, mother and kids all loved him but that day I realized that he loved and cared for so many and that they ALL loved him too. Many tears were shed that day by many people. That day we all lost HUGE. I miss and love you so much Dad, I can't wait to see you again! I'm taking care of Mom and I promise to take care of her and live with her the rest of my life. I am the LUCKIEST person in the world to be blessed by God with you and mom and my parents. He could not have done better. Aki

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