It’s been almost four years since you died, and there are so many things I wish I’d said to you, and so many things I wish we’d done together. I wish I’d asked you for more advice on the everyday things (parenting, gardening, DIY, work). If you were my dad then we would probably be doing these things and more, but you were 60 years older than me. I was too young to remember Dad walking out, but when I needed a constant father figure, that’s what you provided. It was like old times, and although you had no excitable energy left, you still had that sense of humour.

Source: The Guardian April 14, 2018 05:37 UTC