The old saying "you don't know what you got till it's gone" is so true. What I wouldn't give for some fatherly advice that I have needed in the last 4 years but can nolonger receive. I wish I had been closer to my dad the years leading up to his death but I let the little things get in the way, like distance and work. I always thought in the back of my mind that there would be more time, what I failed to realize was we don't know how much time someone has got. Don't let little things keep you from your parents if they want to be in your life make the time make the memories let them know you love them.
One final thing, I will never get to hear my Father say I love you son ever again and that single thought can bring a man to tears.