Everything on hold until further notice · 6:22pm Jun 5th, 2023
A much better man than I could ever hope to be, my father, passed away at work yesterday and we received the news around midnight. Cardiac arrest at the worst possible time, being when no one was around in an area that I'm assuming had no cameras watching considering it took hours before we finally got ahold of someone to check up on him, he would've been home about 8-9 hours before otherwise, 3-5pm, we didn't start getting worried until around 1-2 hours after the usual. He sent his coworker home early to finish up himself, and no one was around to help him.
I don't know what we're going to do. He was easily the most respectable and patient man I've ever known, and now he's gone, and it wasn't going to be long before he'd retire from his current job of 17 years. I never considered myself a good son for personal reasons, reasons no one else knows about, I just stayed out of the way as much as possible. Out of sight, out of mind.
I didn't get to say goodbye, I can't remember the last time I ever even said "hello" to him or anyone unless they greeted me first. I can't remember the last time I said a simple "I love you, dad", and I at 25 still live in his fucking house! A kindness I wouldn't have given to my own child if they were like me.
57 years old, 20 of which in the navy. He deserved better sons. He deserved to meet his grandkids if either of his us could finally get a wife and jobs to support them. He deserved a better way to go.
Take as much time as you need. We are sorry for your loss and wish you well.
My condolences for a passed loved one please take all the time you need
You have my condolences. My prayers go out to you and your family.
I am sorry to hear about your loss. Take all the time you need pal. Warm wishes to you and your family
I hope he's doing better in the afterlife after he died. You have my condolences.
You know what it would be weird.... if your dad died and got sent to Equestria to help the ponies there with whatever they're facing, like a monster that's not naive to the world of Equus. And your dad helps the ponies fight this monster with his knowledge of the military and stuff.
Hope he got the military honors type burial who those in the Navy deserve as much. Also make sure one of his dog tags is at least by his grave and hold on to the other one so you can be a keeper of the dead like I am for my uncle and grandfather. I carry their dog tags with me everywhere I go they do not leave my side even though I personally can't be in the military due to detrimental mental problems. I still look at them with honor and hopefully they can come home in one piece and alive so they can finally rest and relax on their time away from the battlefield
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He got the military service for the viewings/ funeral, none of us would've had it differently. We have the flag right behind his urn. I've never actually seen his tags, so I would assume he didn't keep them if they're issued out to the navy. Anyone who could come did, even people who never met him like several of my coworkers who were off shift at that time. Hell, the people he worked with dedicated a room there to him.
Friends/ family.
Neighbors.
Coworkers and old navy buddies, retired and still serving.
Anyone who could.
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Glad he was honored. Like any Navy man should just goes to show how important they are and how much of an impact they leave on their community. They give up so much and they should be treated with reverence when they finally put down their arms because some of them into battle strong, come back with missing pieces and a lot of those pieces aren't physical. A lot of them lose paces of their personality. They come back mentally broken in some cases in war photos. You can literally see the difference as if they've aged 10 to 20 years and the battle wasn't even that long. This is why they should be treated with reverence. They can go into that situation and come back it as they are. It's why the training is so brutal in becoming a soldier so they can come back at all with any form of themselves. One of the reasons why I respect and praise military personnel more than anyone I find on the streets they can do what I can't. They can go through a hell. No normal person can go through and come out. Even if they have left some pieces behind they have come back All to see the family that they left behind even if they didn't know if it was for the last time or not so even if there is hard times for the family when when the soldier comes home, know that it wasn't their fault. Battle has just taken so much from them. It's hard for them to adapt to civilian life again. I know the struggles. I've seen the struggles my grandfather fought in world war II, my uncle the Vietnam war and when I saw them they were actually humble they saw the worst of it then they still had it in them to be humble to be kind to be nice. They saw the worst of what humanity could bring to the table and they came back so I can safely say your father in the military service did a great thing. He came back with as many pieces as he could so we could live a peaceful life. Sad to say that has heavy quotes on it for what's happening in the US right now is just crazy. Stupid but that's peaceful as we can make it