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Originally Posted By Linda

I have been in exactly your position Mike and I sympathize with you. I always knew my dad loved me, but we weren't gushy about it. And he did tell others how he felt, but never me.

But we did the same thing with my dad. We knew he was dying of heart failure and brought him home. We thought we would have a month at least. Ten days later he was gone. The night before he died he was talking to me and he got excited about me looking at sibling groups. The first time he really talked alot about it. He said,"Just make sure you get a little boy I can wrestle with." He loved his grandchildren.
I kissed him goodnight. In the morning he was gone.

I put looking for children on hold. A couple of months later on this forum I found my children. At first I thought it would be the two girls. Then I found there was a boy available with his sisters. I think my dad had a hand in this. I love my children so much I think I'll explode with love. We show the kids pictures of my dad and tell them how much he loved all his grandchildren. We talk about him all the time at family gatherings and even though they never met him, they knew he would have loved them and that makes them feel as though they had him as a grandpa too.

Spend as much time with your father as possible. My last words to my father were, " I love you." It still makes me happy to know that. Your family needs you now. Your child is waiting for you and you will bring him home soon, I am sure. Take time for yourself now.

God Bless. You and your family are in my prayers.