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I am a 54 year old disabled veteran. I still work full time and am the father of 4 grown women and grandfather to 7 grandkids(soon to be 8). I have lived in East Tennessee for 20 years and am still captivated by these old foothills.

Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss How you deal with death

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I sat in the pew stunned, outside myself, and empty. People moved all around me but I was unaware, even the sounds were muted as if coming through the glass walls of a bell jar. I had known for months that it was coming. My fathers cancer had a horrible and predicted outcome. I had seen him alive just a few weeks ago when it looked like he was so near the end, but something inside him caused him to rally and sent me back to work and family. The call came just a few days after my return home. The rally had burnt itself out and my father was fading fast. I packed up my daughters and headed t...

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