It's been four years

Four years have passed since my father's passing.
This most traumatic of lifes events is continuing to make a deep impact on my life.
What my father instilled in me is a continous driving force in my life.
His love of the land of Israel and of Jewish tradition helped shape who I am.
As a young man he had little oppurtunity to reach the land of Israel or even to develop himself.
He survived World War 2 miraculously while most of his siblings were murdered.
That did not deter him from reaching Israel and fufilling his dream of stepping on the soil of the holy land.
He in fact made Aliyah at age 94 once again announcing at the airport " he has come to save the country ".
Losing a parent is always very difficult.
One truly is not a child anymore when a parent is gone.
That's the real difficulty.
May his memory be a blessing to his children and grand children.