to all, i've decided to burden you all with this story...sorry..

every message board is like any other social venue (i.e. masonic lodge, rotary, elks, eagles, church, happy hour, corporation, support group...you name it.......

and like other venues this board has people that represent the heart, soul, anger, logic, comedy and compassion of the organization....

i was going to send this to sasa as a PM, as he has seen troubles also lately, but thought....WTF?!

sasa (and optionsgal), to me, represent the "soul" and "sensitive compassion"of the people represented by this board..

anyway, here it is... my father was very sick for the past two years and we thought we were starting to get somewhere medically...a few days ago he suffered a hemorragic stroke and things deteriorated...yesterday, my mother and i had to instruct the medical people to discontinue life support...i'm currently awaiting the call to tell me my father is gone....

nothing to say, i'm at peace because i know this is what he would want (given the alternative) but i'll miss him so much....a piece of me is dying too...

anyway, i'm sharing (or dumping) this on you because i cant seem to share it with many others...i'm the guy who always tries to comfort those around him.......

here's a couple songs dedicated to dad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsUsr...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRqY...