I won Guardianship in Court!! But Dad passed the next day anyway... [View all]

[LaydeeBug]

I am still numb. I am in shock a bit. I still can't believe he is gone.

My swashbuckling', chain smoking', go to hell confident and unrepentant liberal passed at noon last Friday.

Thursday was court, and my brother and sister were trying to get guardianship of him and his property, and then use that as an impetus to contest his will. Their flagrant attempt at a last minute money grab was *obvious* and it didn't get far.

They lost.

I was appointed guardian. I told Dad that we won. I stayed with him the night before and thanked him for being my Daddy. I told him that he helped me reconcile myself with the person behind my eyes, and it is a gift I will cherish always. I told him a lot of other things. I told him it was okay to let go, but I'd be rooting for him either way.

And then, because I know he wouldn't want me to see that, I left at 9 o'clock.

Dad died at noon. I called ten minutes later. The nurse told me he had "expired".

I still feel like he's going to walk through the front door and fix everything.