Honestly, amazing and beautiful, friend. Thank you for sharing this. It makes me more willing to share some of my story more at some point as well.

I think people often forget just how precious the last stretch of life really can be, and often how healing that time can be for family members who are estranged or in pain. It's a sacred thing. As painful as it was, there is something right and incredible about having been able to be there with him as he passed. May he rest in peace, and may you find the consolation you need to keep going with your father gone.