Bereavement
Related: About this forumIn Memorium - my father passed lateTuesday PM
Daniel Edward Hruskoci
2/6/1943 - 3/10/2026
Father of three, grandfather of nine.
A man who lived everyday for his family and friends with great passion and empathy.
It has been almost 5 and 1/2 years since my mom passed at the height of the COVID-19 restrictions and nearly 5 years to the day that he survived a massive stroke with miraculous lack of loss of function or paralysis. He then survived bladder cancer, sepsis (twice), a series of falls that culminated in a broken hip and replacement surgery. In the end, he was afflicted with progresive dementia and kidney failure.
I was able to be with him as he passed and the last words he heard were "I love you dad." That will stay with me the rest of my life as much as his example in how to be a man, a husband, a father and a friend. I miss him already and always will, but in my mind (even if no where else) he reunited with my mother and that image brings a rueful smile to my face.
One last time, with feeling - I love you dad!
spooky3
(38,554 posts)Irish_Dem
(80,984 posts)Your dad sounds like a wonderful man.
He will always be with you.
UpInArms
(54,850 posts)💐🕯️
SheltieLover
(79,813 posts)What a lovely tribute to your dear dad.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,896 posts)marked50
(1,581 posts)mwmisses4289
(3,940 posts)c-rational
(3,190 posts)2naSalit
(102,210 posts)cachukis
(3,889 posts)CentralMass
(16,963 posts)livetohike
(24,222 posts)your Father. May every good memory and the stories youll tell always comfort you
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niyad
(131,925 posts)Please know that your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as you need.
3catwoman3
(29,263 posts)MacKasey
(1,517 posts)Your father and mother will be with you always !
I know my are!
ancianita
(43,286 posts)Your dad and mom will be with you always.
JMCKUSICK
(5,894 posts)Your reverence for this man is plain to see, How wonderful that must be. Thank you for celebrating him with us.
God Speed
Grim Chieftain
(1,630 posts)I trust his memory will be a blessing.
You are in my thoughts, friend.
HeartsCanHope
(1,646 posts)Love and light to you and your family as you mourn your father. I will thinking of you all.
Faux pas
(16,320 posts)for all who knew and loved him. Sending love and healing vibes ✨
gopiscrap
(24,701 posts)it is never easy to lose a loved. May you be granted peace in the assuredness of the bond you had with him! Peace Mike C
FrankTC
(262 posts)Beautiful and moving.
LoisB
(12,880 posts)calimary
(89,841 posts)Just always cherish those memories that will mean more and more as each day passes. And if you find some photos of those happier times, hang em up so everybody can appreciate them.
As I age, there are more and more moments when I find myself thinking thatll be me, some day.
stage left
(3,279 posts)highplainsdem
(61,697 posts)I don't doubt that they are reunited, and healthy and young again. And I believe that not because of any religion's teachings, but because of personal stories I've heard from people in grief support groups.
MustLoveBeagles
(15,988 posts)May his memory be a blessing.
underpants
(196,188 posts)Im sorry for your loss. Sounds like his lifes work was completed and successful with you.
Permanut
(8,335 posts)mzmolly
(52,775 posts)Enter stage left
(4,527 posts)I still miss him every day. He was only 63.
Your post really hit me hard, because, today, March 12th is his birthday. He'd have been 104 today
Figarosmom
(11,576 posts)democrank
(12,536 posts)Im sorry for your loss.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,039 posts)I worked on my Dad in 76, but had no last communication as he had a fatal MI.
Trueblue Texan
(4,406 posts)But I am joyful for the reunion in your mind and heart. Peace and healing, Moostache.
slightlv
(7,767 posts)you gave us a wonderful image not only of your father, but of your relationship with him. I lost my Mom last year at New Years. The ache doesn't go away, it seems... but each day makes it a little easier to handle. So does late night "talks with Mom"... when I'm in bed, tossing and turning because of some body ache or pain she and I shared, or worries for the future... especially now. Mom absolutely detested trump. I still say she died when she did because she refused to live under his reign again. So, late at night, when I feel on the edge of despair or a nervous breakdown, I talk it out with Mom. I find being quiet and still after one of these "conversations" I can hear Mom talking back to me, instinctively. May the life and conversations you had with your father fill your days with happiness of those memories, and be the strength you may need at times.
SimplyHadEnough
(86 posts)Dear_Prudence
(1,163 posts)I am so sorry for your loss.
live love laugh
(16,343 posts)Bayard
(29,459 posts)But glad you could be there with him when he passed.
Deuxcents
(26,583 posts)area51
(12,656 posts)mgardener
(2,337 posts)My condolences on your loss.