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Dad's Been Gone For One Year | Michael Mackie

Today marks the one-year anniversary of my beloved dad's death. He passed away after suffering a stroke-on the exact same day as my stroke nine years earlier. The irony is not lost on me in the slightest. In fact, it really should be added as a lyric to that one Alanis Morrisette song.