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CowboyRam

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What a Birthday. This afternoon we lost dad. I and my sister were sitting in dad's room while I was talking to my son on the phone. I no more than got off the phone with Jonathan and dad breathed his last. It was like he was waiting for this. Two years ago we buried mom on my birthday because that was best day for family to get to the funeral between storms. It was cold as all get out too.
 
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Sorry for your loss and prayers for the family. My Grandad passed away on his and my nephews birthday. I wasn't there but as you said it seemed to me like he was waiting for that day. My grandmother had passed a few years earlier and he missed her so much.
 
Dad was 88, would have been 89 on February 17. I really think his desire to be with mom was stronger than his desire to be with my sister and I. He felt like he was a burden, but he was not. I will never be the cowboy he was, by comparison I'm not much of a cowboy. He will be missed; losing dad is harder on me and when we lost mom. I think because I worked with him in Construction when we were in Northwest Colorado, and farmed with him here in Wyoming. The two best cowboys that I have been blessed to know is dad and uncle Duane. Uncle Duane was really worried about dad, he was up here several times and called every day. They were always very close along with uncle Roy who we lost about 20 years ago.
 
I’m sorry for your loss. Dad’s are special, because they’re tougher than woodpecker lips. They ain’t supposed to get sick or die.
I only realized my dad wasn’t bulletproof just a few days before he died.
His best friend patted me on the back at the funeral and said “your the old man now”.
It took me a while to realize that wasn’t an “attaboy”, it was a directive. Big shoes to fill.
It’s okay to cry, in fact it’s a useful tool. Find a special place and dedicate a time to cry, holler as loud as you can, and remember dad.
 
CowboyRam said:
Dad was 88, would have been 89 on February 17. I really think his desire to be with mom was stronger than his desire to be with my sister and I. He felt like he was a burden, but he was not. I will never be the cowboy he was, by comparison I'm not much of a cowboy. He will be missed; losing dad is harder on me and when we lost mom. I think because I worked with him in Construction when we were in Northwest Colorado, and farmed with him here in Wyoming. The two best cowboys that I have been blessed to know is dad and uncle Duane. Uncle Duane was really worried about dad, he was up here several times and called every day. They were always very close along with uncle Roy who we lost about 20 years ago.
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I am sorry your Dad passed away but I think you are probably wrong about not being the cowboy he was. From the admiration and respect you are showing in the memories you you have of him and the way you describe working with him in construction and farming with him. To me that is some one with a lot morals and the type of qualities that was given and taught to them by someone who cared very much for them. You got all of these qualities from your Dad and it shows. I believe your every bit the Cowboy your Dad was and I am certain he is very proud of you because you are so much like him and your Mother too. And note I said “ is very proud of you now the the same as he was when he was still alive.” I don’t know where we go after we die but I know that when we die that’s not the end of things. Dying is just part of living. So Cowboy you Cowboy up and make your father proud, pass on those things he has taught you to your kids and friends until you are rejoined with him and your Mother and the rest of your family and friends who has went their way before you.
 

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