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
(38,705 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,695 posts)Your dad sounds like a wonderful man.
He will always be with you.
UpInArms
(55,057 posts)💐🕯️
SheltieLover
(81,063 posts)What a lovely tribute to your dear dad.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,132 posts)marked50
(1,588 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,352 posts)c-rational
(3,208 posts)2naSalit
(103,172 posts)cachukis
(3,987 posts)CentralMass
(16,985 posts)livetohike
(24,322 posts)your Father. May every good memory and the stories youll tell always comfort you
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niyad
(132,922 posts)Please know that your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as you need.
3catwoman3
(29,534 posts)MacKasey
(1,525 posts)Your father and mother will be with you always !
I know my are!
ancianita
(43,311 posts)Your dad and mom will be with you always.
JMCKUSICK
(6,315 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
(1,830 posts)I trust his memory will be a blessing.
You are in my thoughts, friend.
HeartsCanHope
(1,692 posts)Love and light to you and your family as you mourn your father. I will thinking of you all.
Faux pas
(16,415 posts)for all who knew and loved him. Sending love and healing vibes ✨
gopiscrap
(24,750 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
(264 posts)Beautiful and moving.
LoisB
(13,122 posts)calimary
(90,271 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
(3,324 posts)highplainsdem
(62,491 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
(16,729 posts)May his memory be a blessing.
underpants
(196,769 posts)Im sorry for your loss. Sounds like his lifes work was completed and successful with you.
Permanut
(8,438 posts)mzmolly
(52,806 posts)Enter stage left
(4,600 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
(12,350 posts)democrank
(12,624 posts)Im sorry for your loss.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,301 posts)I worked on my Dad in 76, but had no last communication as he had a fatal MI.
Trueblue Texan
(4,521 posts)But I am joyful for the reunion in your mind and heart. Peace and healing, Moostache.
slightlv
(7,817 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
(87 posts)Dear_Prudence
(1,177 posts)I am so sorry for your loss.
live love laugh
(16,420 posts)Bayard
(29,887 posts)But glad you could be there with him when he passed.
Deuxcents
(27,180 posts)area51
(12,713 posts)mgardener
(2,374 posts)My condolences on your loss.