Growing up with a sick parent is one thing but having that parent taken away from you is another. My best friend’s dad had passed away when she was in the sixth grade. He was sick all of her life, so she knew nothing different. It is hard to have a loved one pass away but to not get to enjoy the life with them is even harder. Her father was sick and weak, and spent most of his days sitting on the couch. He could not go outside and play with her at all. She remembered him as lazy, but that didn’t bother her because she thought that was normal. She did not have a great connection or relationship with her dad for it was hard to. She said, “It was like living with a grandparent.” The hardest challenge she had to face after her dad had passed away
