Coping With Grief

my father had fought cancer for 2 1/2 years on december 7th 2006 he passed away from esophageal cancer fighting at his side along with him would be me his daughter my mother and my brother after 2 1/2 long years of batteling and suffering he passed in a peacful sleep he was a greta man with a great heart and and pesronality but he had a horrible drinking and smoking problem god gave us just enough time to see what life would be like if he was not drinking and then took him out of are hands it was one of the toughest things i ever had to face this friday will be one year with out him he was entered into rest fallowing behind his dad mal and his stepfather al my father was born august 13 and entered in to rest december 7th he passed at the age of 44 but was a great man and i hope some day that someone will come to find a cure for cancer so other peoples loved ones have a chance to survive i hope my story has touched your hearts and has given you a view of what alchol and smoking can do to you and your loved ones jerry was a great man and may he rest in piece