The Tuxedo Goodbye: A Father’s Last Dance Before the Monitor Went Silent

like her hand got tired.

I read silently at first, then the words force sound out of me.

Dad,

If you’re reading this, it means I didn’t make it to the aisle. I’m sorry. I tried. I wanted to get there so badly.

A sob climbs my throat. I swallow it down and keep going.

Please don’t let the last thing you remember be the machines. Remember me singing in the continue reading …