Echoes, on a mature level, I know that you're right.

I don't have a very good relationship with my dad, and in many ways the thought of being emotionally intimate with him makes me extremely uncomfortable. I feel terrible admitting that, but I have a very hard time being close with my family, even though I am a very warm person in my marriage. I know that it would be wise to crack through my discomfort for the sake of his last days - I owe him that much. But I think part of why I am standoffish with them is because that's how I was raised, so I don't know how comfortable he'd be with intimate moments either.

I don't know. I just don't know. I guess I should go home now - not getting any work done anyway.

Thanks Echoes...