GORDON CANCILLA

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GORDON CANCILLA Daddy ... It was one year ago today that my heart was forever and irrevocably broken. I miss you more and more every day. It is hard to believe that a year has passed already as the pain is as fresh today as it was the day you left us to enter Heaven. I can only imagine the shock of our loved ones when you walked through Heaven's Gate, as no one ever thought, least of all me, you would leave us so soon in life. Life has not been the same since that day and especially after Mom joined you a few months later. The loneliness of not having either of you is almost unbearable. I wish I could bring you both back and would give everything to have you both here again. July comes with such deep regret as it is a month we will never forget. Deep in our hearts your memory is kept alive. The tears flow every day for a loss that is felt no just by me, but by everyone. The kids miss you so much and they keep wondering when you will awake from your sleep and come back to play with them. Nicholas misses his Captain Papa dearly and talks about you all the time. It is not easy living with a heartache so great. You were such a beautiful man ... so kind, gentle, patient, smart and most of all, so incredibly loving. No one could have dreamed for a better Dad or Grandpa. As Mom said you were the best of the best . Lovingly remembered and deeply missed by Serena and Stephan and Nicholas, Kaden and Cyera.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 19, 2012