Okay, I confused some people yesterday
I wasn't very clear yesterday.On Saturday, my uncle passed away. He was a nice man, but we weren't close.
On Sunday, my childhood neighbor Johnny passed away. I was very close to him when I was a kid, and he was incredibly generous in finding time for a kid who never stopped asking questions (me).
I didn't understand that I was missing anything by not having a father (Mom was great), but Johnny very quietly made sure that I had some standard boy-dad activities (watching football, fishing, taking me to a golf course on his way to work). He was the only male figure in my life for a long time.
I have a much better idea of how important that was now than I did back then. When I was a kid, I just knew that Johnny was a really nice guy.
I still plan on writing about him, but man, it's hard.
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