I miss you Larry came into my life when I was 10 years old. He was the best Dad anyone could ever have. When he had his second valve replacement I was there to give him heparrin shots in the stomach, giving him his IVs and cleaning the IV sight where he had a permanent port. I also took care of a surgical wound on his leg that had to heal from the inside out. Towards the end of his life was the hardest, due to colon cancer. On workdays I would come over to the house while my mom was at work and take care of him till my mom took medical leave. I helped my mom and when he wanted me over in the middle of the night, just because he wanted me there. The last day he spent his last day at hospice which was July 23, 2004. I left work to go up to hospice to be with my mom and my step-dad. When I walked into his room I had to walk right out. I lost it. I never cried so hard in my life (besides loosing my biological father when I was 9 years old). I finally got my self together and went back into the room. I finally had the courage to whisper in his ear, you don't have to suffer anymore, no more needles, no more chemo, you can go home now, mom and I will be fine, I promise, he then squeezed my hand to acknowledge what I told him and he opened his eyes slightly to look at me, probably for the last time and I asked him, Will you always be with me? and he squeezed my hand twice meaning yes. At 8:01pm he finally took his last breath and he went home to God. I miss him so much and to this day I am so thankful that I had the chance to say goodbye and to say I was sorry for being a stubborn child to him, and he told me, you were only a child, children are suppose to be that way and that he also said he will always love me. I love you Larry and Mom Loves you too!!!! We miss you!