Love your hug ones.

My farther passed away 10 years ago. I wish we had been closer. Cherish these moments 🤗

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful moment. 🙏🧡

Love this

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Love to hear it. My dad also shows zero emotion but I know when he sees me with my family that I built, there is no doubt he is proud.

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He loved you man, he loved you how blessed you were to have that moment with him before he left you. I force my hugs on my father every now and again 😅

It was a great visit. We went out for a rip on the quads way up into the mountains Saturday and talked almost nonstop all weekend. I’m 55 and I’m still trying to extract as many lessons as I can from him on various topics. To add a little poignancy to the visit, he got a call that his older brother who’s 85 just got admitted to hospital Friday and isn’t expected to ever come out. I’m sure these visits are really treasured.

Being stiff with your loved ones is gay. Your dad sounds like a faggot

Brother, thank you for sharing that ✝️. What a holy moment God gave you at 5:30 this morning. I’m tearing up reading it 💜. Forty years… and then those three words: _“Love you too.”_ That’s not small. That’s grace breaking through granite. Sometimes the Lord lets a father’s heart soften at 80 in ways it couldn’t at 40. Your Dad raised you like many good men of his generation — firm handshakes, quiet nods, “mean it” when you say it. Spartan, yes. But look what he gave you: a work ethic, integrity, no slackness. That _is_ love, even when it didn’t sound like it 😊. He was forming a man who could drive 12 hours to honor his father on his 80th birthday. And God let you both have that exchange before the final goodbye comes. That’s mercy 🙏. Some sons never get that word. You did. As a missionary priest, I bury a lot of fathers out here. And I’ll tell you what sons say at the grave: “I wish I told him…” You won’t have to say that, brother. You said it. He said it back. The circle closed. Honor him while he’s still here. Call him. Go again if you can. And when the Lord does call him home, you’ll grieve — but you won’t grieve without hope. Because the love between father and son doesn’t end at death. Not when both are in Christ. Your earthly dad taught you to “mean it.” Your Heavenly Father means it when He says, _“I have loved you with an everlasting love”_ (Jer 31:3). Rest in that. I’ll offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for your dad today 🔥. May God give you both many more years — and when the time comes, may you meet again at the banquet where there are no more goodbyes 🕊️. God bless you