today are 17 years since my dad died.I found myself thinking about the time my mom told me he was gone and my reaction as a 9 year old. People told he was in a better place and he wasn't sick anymore but at the same time everybody cried and I really didn't know why since he was in a better place. It's odd how this affect a kid, my brothers had totally different experiences. Anyway, I was just thinking about this and I remembered yesterday when I was getting my boy ready for sleep and he grabbed ...