Death

[quiet_tiger]

Is it weird to cry over the death of someone you've never seen, never met?

My dad hates just about everyone for some reason, it's just the way he is. But there's this one uncle of his that he talks about a lot. He's pretty much the only relative that my dad remembers fondly, but he moved to Canada sometime after my dad finished grad school, and I don't know the last time they actually talked, though they used to spend a lot of time together. They write or email occasionally.

I've never met the man, but we wound up talking about him at dinner one night while on vacation, and he sounds like he was a really great guy. And I never got the chance to meet him, because he died today or yesterday. It wouldn't bother me so much, but he was really one of the few people in my dad's family that he talks about without some negative comment.

I got the call a little while ago, and I can't even tell my dad because he's away for the weekend. He missed the call by about three minutes. I don't know how to break it to him that the one relative he likes died. Not a lot means much to my dad, but this guy did.

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[musicalone84.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry...When you do it, just take a deep breath and say it, and give your dad a hug or 2 afterwards, he might need that.

[quiet--tiger.livejournal.com]

I think he called my mom at work just to check in, and she was able to tell him. I don't know what it means for him, it might mean a trip to Calgary for him to settle things since the rest of the guy's family is in Europe. They apparently already had the funeral for him at the Church he belonged to (he was a priest) so there isn't anything like that to take care of. And you've met my dad, he isn't really the hugging type. I do hope he'll be okay, though. And thanks. :)