One year ago on 11-11-11 at 11:??AM  my Dad,  (Raymond Woodring Sr.) passed away from Lung/brain cancer.  I wish I had known him better and looking back I realize just how much of a dedicated Dad he had been.  He tolerated a lot, but still loved us unconditionally.  He LOVED BILL COSBY so I will end this with one of his quotes:

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.  ~Bill Cosby
I LOVE YOU DAD!!!

Ironically, after I escaped that camp in Iran, I returned back to the USA (in Detroit) on Nov. 14, 2001 My Dad’s birthday.