HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO MY FRIENDS

I just wanted to take a moment to wish a Happy Father's Day to all my friends on this site who are dads who have been my saviors and who have helped to make my adapting to OSA and CPAP so much easier for me. Hope you have the type of day you all deserve, which is simply wonderful!!!

Thanks from a "Dad" on the forum. I enjoyed my fathers day and I hope you were able to spend it with yours.

I second the thanks. I had a great one as well. I got a Kayak for Fathers Day and after trying it out, I cannot move this morning. Also, where did all these black and blue marks come from?

Wading, glad you enjoyed yours. My dad is in FL, having moved there last July. So for the first time in my life, I didn't spend Father's Day with him. But since my son is graduating from college on Friday, he and my mom are flying up to NY. So I will see him on Thursday and we will celebrate then. Glad you had a nice day!

R&R,
A kayak!!! Wow, CPAP really has worked for you! Glad you enjoyed your Father's Day. If you weren't complaining today of aching muscles, I'd be astonished. Enjoy.

Sleepless on LI wrote:I just wanted to take a moment to wish a Happy Father's Day to all my friends on this site who are dads who have been my saviors and who have helped to make my adapting to OSA and CPAP so much easier for me. Hope you have the type of day you all deserve, which is simply wonderful!!!

Love your cat photo! Reminds me of my cat Lacy.

Thanks for this post!

Both my parents are in failing health. But I'm grateful they're here.
My father spent Father's Day desparately trying to get my mother out of an awful medical rehab facility, because they had neglected and abused her, nearly costing her her life. The experience reminded me how fragile life is and that we should take every opportunity to tell our loved ones how we feel about them. Mother's Day gets more attention, I think. But to all you Dads out there, I hope you had a nice Fathers Day.


Linda

CPAP has helped me alot. While I still drag in the afternoon, I now get the wild hairs I used to get in my youth and this was one of them. It was fun but staying upright in a kayak is hard for the old overweight man.

You are so right Linda, I talked to my Dad on the phone about an hour before he passed away two years ago. He was not sick but something in me made me tell him I loved him when we were not normally gushy with each other. He was an old school German that kept his feelings inside and always put up a strong front. Expected me to be the same. He died in his chair watching TV at 91 about an hour later with a smile on his face, a victom of a massive stroke. I have felt blessed ever since that I told him.

Wow, Rock & Roll, what an incredible description!

Sounds like your father died a happy man, with thoughts of a loving son on his mind. Could be he's smiling still. Thanks for sharing that!


Linda

Geez, guys, goosebumps and tears before I have to leave for work!!! Thanks alot. Moving stories, both of you. It's amazing what strong connections we have to our parents emotionally and spiritually. Whatever made you tell your dad you loved him, you'll never be able to answer, R&R, but it was definitely the right move at the right time. When you think of all the people who never get that chance, and even worse the ones who have an argument with someone they love and then that person passes before they get the chance to make up with them, your dad, and you, were very blessed. And 91 is nothing to sneeze at.
Linda, I hope you take comfort in the fact that although both your parents' healths are failing, they still have each other and that means so much, not to mention they both have you. Hold on to them as tight as you can as we can never replace that special bond that we only get once in our lives that we have with our parents. I felt like I was losing mine when they moved to Florida in July of last year, which saddened me so. But when I stopped and realized that this was for their best interests and that the quality of their lives would improve, which it really did, I had to put my feelings aside and think about them. They've spent almost half a century thinking about me. All we can do is try to be as good at being parents as our parents were/are to us, and that is the goal I have set for myself since I became one myself. Sounds like you two have beautiful hearts and must be doing pretty good job yourselves.