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Til Death Do Us Part

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I went to the funeral of friend's dad today. He and his wife would've been married 40 years this month. Til Death Do Us Part No truer words were ever spoken. It got me thinking... that statement is true for so many other relationships besides that of a married couple. *for friends *for lovers *for children and parents I sat there thinking about how that could just as easily be my father in the casket. Her dad had cancer, my dad has emphyzema and COPD, but he still smokes, regardless of being on oxygen 24/7. What if it were my father? or my boyfriend? He's got a bad heart...high blood pressure...takes meds and pops nitro like it's candy some days. What if that were him in the casket? or my mother? What would I do without my mother?? Sure, she drives me crazy with her judgemental ways, but ...she's always there for me. What will I do when she's not? I realized that I'm at the age now where funerals will become more frequent in my life. Parents of friends, hu...