That is definately a touching story. Its hard to put myself in your shoes. My father is in florida(im in tejas) doing insurance adjusting, and is going to be away from the family for 5 months. He pu tme in charge of his business(im 19) and trusts me to take care of something he has brought up from nothing. I feel very proud that my dad thinks that much of me. abd now that hes gone i realize how much he really does do to make life easy for my family and i. I have to do everything he did now and its been a most valuable lesson in responsibility. i guess im trying to say its really hard being without a dad for a few months. I cant imagine what it would be like to lose him for the rest of my life.