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With the precious help of a few key mementos 

-the angels which garnered his casket; 

that picture of his and one of our Lord; 

the framed picture of his patron saint 

the portrait of Our Lady of Fatima

and his very own as well, another one 

taken by me, lo, so many years ago- 

I think of thee today, 

father.

Father's Day will never be the same for me

- without you here.

Although I know 

that you are still here. 

E eu nunca me esquecerei...

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This is the 22nd...
On this day, THE SAVIOUR WELCOMED MY FATHER INTO THE HEAVENS.

Exacty one year ago, later on today - around 4pm - it happened...
I saw my father die, right in front of me...

I will post a series of commemorative blog posts now - all across the TLB PRIME NETWORK!

Yes - I know father is still alive - in the greater sense
I miss his physical presence, which I had gotten so use to take care of...
to look after his best interests... to fight for... to champion...

I know that he should still be alive, physically speaking...
He was ill, but not so bad that he would be on death's threshold... he wasn't
Overnight, within mere moments, he was placed on death's threshold...
An afternoon nap that went terribly wrong -
for a variety of reasons
I can blame the medical staff, the original doctor, the pharmacist...
But it is a year now - a lawsuit action is not to be now, officially...
It wouldn't have brought back my father anyway...

(About the original doctor and the pharmacist: it wasn't either of them that told me something years ago; it was ANOTHER pharmacist who told me that father's medication wasn't adequate and then, when I confronted the doctor with that information, he changed it...
See - they sure WERE incompetents...
But it was not that incompetence alone that triggered my father's physical departure...)

My father departed this world at his most saintly-like behaviour...

I can only hope I will make my exit the same way...!

Unless the Lord Comes before I do...?