[kscarrol]

Yes, everyone has their own of coping with/processing these events. My brother's response was very similar to yours. Even I to some extent felt that way, preferring to remember my dad the way he was in life.

Probably more information than you want but on one of my last visits to see my dad before he passed, he asked me to take a picture of him. I said sure but why do you want a picture? He had said he had signed up with a group called the Neptune Society to have his body cremated and they would need a picture to verify they had the right body when they came to pick him up. Hard to do but I cherish that last picture. He managed a great smile and he almost looked like his old self... without the hair!