Father ( words from an email from a friend)

I don't think you ever met my father
but I wish you could have
before he had his stroke
in 96
he was always the life of the party
(glad I didn't take after him)
he didn't always treat my mom too nicely
and there were times
when we didn't see eye to eye
but when he passed it was like
your a kid again
I kept saying
I would not get emotional
he died when we put him
in a nursing home
but like I said
its different when he died
couldn't imagine how it would be
all the angles and turns
that got us here
in the end
still my father