A Father's Day to Remember

Tomorrow is Father's Day, a day that should be one to celebrate, and yet I am thinking a lot about my father-in-law. He passed away only four months ago and I still haven't come to terms with it...and if I haven't, you can imagine how much the wife hasn't! He was the wife's life. They were like nothing I've ever seen in my long amount of years. They could read each other's mind. They could sit and hold hands and not talk all day and there would be this feeling like everything was right in the world. They could joke and laugh and sing and chat and moan and digress into a pretend musical world and everything was right in the world. They could be 6000 miles away and be right next to each other in mind and spirit. Everything that the wife did and still does filters through her dad. He was truly a spirit that could lift the corners of the universe. He was able to show you that one person could make you feel like you were the most important person in their life. I only got 17 years of him, the wife 41 short ones. It doesn't feel fair to be writing that it wasn't enough, and yet it wasn't. He was the truest person I ever met and feel blessed that I knew him. Although it is Father's Day tomorrow, my wish is to let my father-in-law send the wife a message that all is well and that he feels the boys, mine and most importantly the wife's love always and forever.