In no particular order!
Dad
How do you sum up your Dad. On a persons headstone they list a the year of birth, a dash, and the year you died. The important part is the dash. My Dad was a giver. Strength, advice, good examples, direction, support. All the things a Dad should be. My Mom, my sister and I watched Dad soldier through a stroke, pills for various ailments and general aging. My Dad, and my Mom took all of that in stride. What was hardest was the accelerating slide through dementia that neccessitated a move to a nursing home. As she had done for as long as she could manage Dad at home, Mom visited him every day, brought sandwiches and fresh fruit, took his laundry home and brought it back ironed and folded. And it was never a chore. That was the bond that my Mom and Dad shared through 56 years of marriage. I miss my Dad every day.