July 6/First Quarter Moon

May his memory be for blessing.

My dad has died. It wasn’t unexpected and yet it came as a surprise. His mesothelioma diagnoses had been more than 2 years ago, and the last time I wrote about him he had just started hospice care. I write this from his house. After a medication adjustment he had been doing better and had a few weeks where he was breathing easier and had more energy. H…