have a better relationship with my father

My husband and I moved very closed to my dad and his family in March 2007.
We are seing a lot more of each other and planned a trip to Paris – all of us together, my dad and his wife, my two brothers, my husband and I.

Sadly my dads wife died christmas night of breastcancer, after 8 years of fighting the disease. We knew she was terminally ill but still it came as a bit of a shock, since she never complained about anything. She never let herself be defined by the disease.

Called him two nights ago to ask him something about a tax issue at work with one of our clients (he´s an accountant) and we just talked about economics, taxes, real estate and all kinds of things. I don´t think I´ve ever talked with him on the phone for that long! It was really nice.

Sometimes when we speak and I can feel him wanting to end the conversation I get so desperate to keep the it going that I´ll start a new topic just to keep him interested and the other night I didn´t have to. It felt amazing.