Candle Story for My Dad

lilchicken2u made this candle.

I never had the opportunity to take care of my dad, except to make his after dinner tea when I was still living at home while growing up. It was our ritual, our only one. We had had a difficult relationship, but I loved him and I know he loved me; I have two notes that he wrote to me over the years signed "Love....." which I treasure. He died when he was 69 years old; he had suffered a severe heart attack 9 years earlier and had quit smoking, changed his diet, began exercising, and basically became a wiser and happier person. He died in his sleep--I had got to see him twice in the 4 days preceding that, and he hugged me really tight.....I think he knew.....