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This Is The Daybreak wrote:Sorry to hear about that...can sympathise certainly as my father died the eve before a league cup match against Liverpool in the 1988/89 season. He was a gooner and I was young at the time but my brothers all went the following day to the game...just needed to carry on as normal...in the family we always say we won the league in the most incredible way for him that year.
my Nan died on st paddys day (her fav day of the year funny enough cos she was irish) & had to carry on as normal as well
went to the everton away game last season when they got a last min winner & the coldest i've prob been to a match, the worst thing is i never had a jacket on
Sorry to hear about your mum, Mick. I'm in a similar position with my dad at the moment. He had a major stroke in 2003 and, while he recovered quite well initially, his health has deteriorated badly over the last couple of years. He's in hospital at the moment undergoing tests for suspected cancer. He's in a bad way. I think his time might just be up.
You just gotta be strong for the rest of the family now, mate. Especially your kids, because it's going to be confusing and frightening for them. But you know, kids will get you through the hardest of times. When I feel down I just sit there and watch my two playing and it lifts me up.
Hope your dad gets better, Spudmasher. You gotta try and be positive; they can do wonders for stroke victims nowdays in rehab. Also the smallest thing can help a stroke victim on the road to recovery; proper rest obviously, but little milestones like the first bit of solid food they eat or a visit from their grandkids, little things like that pulled my old man through. As he says, he got an extra 5 years that he (and everyone else) never thought he'd get after the stroke.
Thanks for all the kind thoughts. Its not a question of if, but when. But she is in her 80's and has had a good life, so I feel for those of you who have been in a similar position with much younger parents.
I went - and enjoyed every minute. Thought we should have won - but not conceding the away goal puts us in strong position. Delighted to be going to Milan, so this result has set things up nicely. My dear old mum will be gone by then for sure so I won't be in the same dilemma.
