As difficult as that must have been to write, I hope it was a therapeutic process. I’m sorry that cancer robbed you of more meaningful times with your dad. I’m sure that he was grateful that he got to open up somewhat with you before his diagnosis, even if he never got to express it.

Also give yourself grace. You took the initiative to close the gap with him once he lived in the same city with you. I don’t think it’s easy to get someone to open up if you are living in different cities, so don’t beat yourself for those twenty years of “inaction”

Thanks for sharing your heart with us