Array ( [sid] => 185283 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Dad Ceased To Be Alive [time] => 2018-07-13 12:33:03 [hometext] => Dedicated to Charles F. Johnson (1947-2013) who died on July 13, 2013. [bodytext] => Half a decade ago today, Dad ceased to be alive.
Five years ago, Dad died at the age of sixty-five.
He was a hard worker, he could have outworked two twenty-year-olds.
When he went to the doctor, bad news was what he was destined to be told.
He was diagnosed with Leukemia and it caused distress.
Twenty-months later, he succumbed to his terrible illness.
Two days before he died, he couldn/'/t even respond when people talked to him.
Forty-eight hours later, he met a terrifying fate that was very grim.
He underwent Chemotherapy to temporarily survive.
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Dad Ceased To Be Alive
Date: Friday, 13th July 2018 @ 12:33:03 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: randyjohnson
Half a decade ago today, Dad ceased to be alive.
Five years ago, Dad died at the age of sixty-five.
He was a hard worker, he could have outworked two twenty-year-olds.
When he went to the doctor, bad news was what he was destined to be told.
He was diagnosed with Leukemia and it caused distress.
Twenty-months later, he succumbed to his terrible illness.
Two days before he died, he couldn/'/t even respond when people talked to him.
Forty-eight hours later, he met a terrifying fate that was very grim.
He underwent Chemotherapy to temporarily survive.
Half a decade ago today, Dad ceased to be alive.

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