IstillrememberfatherspentplentyoftimeteachingmehowtopronounceawordhowtounderstandsomethingthatIsawforthefirsttimeandhowtobepolitetoothers.AndIwillnever 31 onesentencemyfatherusedtosaytome“Iloveyouson.Sayyoulovemeson.” 32 Iwouldscream“IloveyouDad.”
WhenIwasgrowingupIfoundthatIhadlittlein 33 withmyfathergradually.Sometimesweoftenarguedaboutsomethingsharplyandthentheargumentchangedintoa 34 .Iknewtherewasagapbetweenus.Ididn’t 35 hearingthewords“Iloveyou”frommyfatherthelasttime.TotellyouthetruthIcouldn’thonestlyremember 36 Ihadlastsaidthosewordstohimeither.
Nowfatherwasinhospital.Thedoctorsaiditwas 37 andheneededanoperationatonce38 hewasn’tsurewhethermyfatherwasableto 39 it.Everythinginmychildhood 40 inmymind.ThenIcalledandsaid“DadIloveyou!”
Therewasa 41 attheotherendandherepliedcoldly“WellIloveyoutoo!”
I 42 andsaid“DadIknowyoulovemeandwhenyouare 43Iknowyouwillsaywhatyouwanttosay.”
Fifteenminuteslatermymothercalledand44 asked“PauliseverythingOK?”
AfewweekslaterIwasworkingwhenIreceivedmyfather’scall.“PaulIloveyou.”Iwasso45 thatmytearsrolleddownmycheeks.Perhapsbothofus 46 thatthisspecialmomenthad 47 ourrelationshiptoanewlevel.
Ashortwhileafterthisspecialmomentmyfatherfinallynarrowly 48 deathfollowingtheheartoperation.Ican’t 49 thatifIdidn’ttakethefirst 50 andDaddidnotsurvivethesurgerywhatkindoflifeIwouldleadnow.
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