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My Father....

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  My father   knew   his   time had come. He was asking me to visit him more often, once a week to have breakfast with him. He expressed his wish to see his grandkids, Andrew & Jody. Andrew often played chinese chess with him and often times he won. My father also played Scrabble with Jody and she would often draw or write something for him. My father liked to show off his little magic   tricks like making a twenty cent coin disappear and enjoys watching his grand kids in all their playful and mischievioius antics. He also seemed to be more obliged when asked to take photos together as a family which in the past he will expressed his irritation when too much time is taken on the photo taking.   He updated his notes and   diary more frequently, the last on 22nd June, 8 days before he passed away. I still remember the last face to face conversation we had in the car before I dropped him home after celebrating Father's Day the previous day, "I wi