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his legacy
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after his lung was removed his breath was short just walking up stairs or from his parked car to the grocery store door he never complained only appreciated each day beyond the one before he was breathing in often he'd say "i love you all all you kids i love you all" he'd say that a lot i remember until that winter night waiting in line outside the local funeral home for one last sub-zero goodbye to his good friend who'd gone to wherever life here goes afterwards yes dad got pneumonia and in two days his breath squeezed shut at the local hospital emergency room where he left us to go to wherever life here goes afterwards later that day we found his legacy in words he wrote on the outside of a sealed envelope he'd placed on his kitchen table: "Notes to my kids, in case I die suddenly. I love you all. Dad" |
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Janet Cannon |
