Same kind of situation here, except my sister forwarned me of the message. I haven't called to hear it. I hear dad's voice and moral direction from my childhood. That's plenty.
Those lessons will carry me through. My CO asked how the family was doing (after Dad's death), and I had to honestly tell the Captain that we're doing what we were taught.... We're moving forward with life and marriages and births and all of those things that Roy taught us were important.
/john
Exactly. Same here. Our kids are giving us grandkids and the circle is not broken.