beth,

It's so hard looking back at what was...happy times....the things that meant something in our lives...things that were traditions....time that are past.

It sounds like you need to spend some time with your Dad now that he's in the nursing home & make sure he knows you still are there with him in heart...don't let that pass out of your life when it's something you can have control over. I'm sure that he needs to know you are still here for him & haven't forgotten him because he's in the nursing home.

Maybe Halloween would be a good time to take a rememberence to him & bring back those memories for him too.....it might just be something he would really enjoy & bring some light into his life now that he isn't in his home anymore either.

You still have your Dad,
Debbie