Photo courtesy of home mixologist and Elevated Craft Crew member, Robin Seton Karides.
It has been a year since I last saw my dad alive. We spent a week together in Arizona just talking about everything and nothing at all. He was tired, thin, uncomfortable but he never let his pain show. Dad loved my cocktail posts and made sure to show my feed to anyone and everyone we came in contact with during my visit. As a parent myself, I wasn’t embarrassed by it and I knew he was proud of me. Dad wasn’t much of a drinker, but he humored me by taking sips of my cocktails while I was staying with him. He even gave me a bottle of Jim Beam Extra Aged to bring home. Not long after my trip, he was admitted to the hospital, then home for hospice. I flew back to Arizona to say my goodbye, just making it to his bedside as he took his last breath. My heart flipped out of my chest in that moment. My daddy was gone. That bottle of Jim Beam may not be the most expensive bottle on my shelf, but it is the most valuable. Love you, Pop. Miss you, Pop. Cheers in Heaven. - Robin Seton Karides
Follow Robin on Instagram at: @thehousemouse
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