The Trials and Tribulations of Lily Jane.

He was never around much my whole life until the past two years and when he was it always ended in dispointment. He was an alcoholic who drank gatorade and rum for breakfast, he died of liver failure at age 49. His first marriage failed because when he drinks and gets mad he’s violent. His second marriage to my mother also failed because she couldnt handle the drinking either. Having lost his right to drive in other states due to many DWIs he wasnt able to come visit me one state away. I never met him until I was ten. I remember waiting one christmas when he promised he would   come. I sat in the window watching the drive way waiting for him, he never came. That is the worst feeling I have ever had. The same thing happened again on my 15th birthday.The last two years he actually tried. We were becoming close, I actually had a dad. Then he got sick. I watched an otherwise healthy man die, his body filling up with toxins his liver not functioning at all. It was the most heartbreaking thing to see my grandparents watch the youngest of their 7 children die before them. I may not have had the best relationship with my dad but I loved him. He was the type of person that got along with everybody. There were always friends at his house people coming and going. He was just full of love. I miss him a lot.

 I love you daddy.

REST IN PEACE.