Remembering dad

Below is a short article I wrote for my church’s magazine. Of course, it feels somewhat incongruous in the context of this blogsite, but, as an act of pure self-indulgence, I felt I couldn’t let an important anniversary go unmentioned… This part of the magazine is reserved for a bit of levity, where a bit of light-hearted humour is required. So, here goes. On April 1 1987 my dad died. I was 21 years old and, as the 30th anniversary of his passing approaches, it still remains the saddest day of my life. The irony of that date is not…