Dr. Robert McBroom - Site Memorial Online

wow how has 9 yrs gone by. My life has really changed over the last year and ihavesoneeded your advice and wisdom. I miss u everyday andnothing is the same without u. U left a void that can never be filled. I relive ur last 36 hrs over and over and try to find ways to save u even though i know I couldn't 

Well it's been 8 yrs now and I guess I'm still waiting for you to come home.  There is such a huge part of me and this family that's missing without you.  I knew the minute you died that my life would never be the same and it hasn't been.  The family has fallen apart and mom and I aren't even speaking.  You were the glue and the rock in this family and without you nothing has been the same.  Gracie will be going to high school soon and I think about all the memories you've missed and how much I wish my girls had gotten to know you better when they were older.  I can't begin to tell you how much I miss and I guess I will always be waiting to see you again.  I love you, daddy

I miss u so much and I feel like the biggest part of our life is missing. Mom has moved on but not for the better. He's the complete opposite of u and no one likes him. But mom dates him no matter how it hurts her friends and family. What a tribute to you!!

I really need you today. My heart is heavy and I could really use some of your advice. I'm praying for a resolution but I just need your hand to guide me. I feel like I'm crawling and just need you to help me find my wings to fly. I miss you SO much and would do anything to have you back.

Okay I'm about to register Taylor for HIGH SCHOOL!  HELP!!  Man it sure does come back around.  You and mom always said you couldn't wait for the day when I had a teenager of my own.  Well it's here and in full force.  I feel like somebody dropped me off in the wilderness to just survive on my own with no supplies.  I want somebody to tell me what to do because I feel like I don't know what the hell I'm doing.  Luckily I can hear you whispering in my ear from time to time guiding me along like always.  And I know that you and mom did provide me with the skills to do this but I'm scared to death I'm going to mess up.  I wish I was a little girl again on the carousel and you were beside me holding my hand. I feel like I'm on a tight rope with no net.  I hope I told you enough how greatful I am that you and mom raised me right and that I'm sorry for worrying you to death sometimes.  This appears to be an adventure and that I'm in for a bumpy ride.  Please watch over Taylor and help her make the right decisions and watch over me as well and help me not go crazy!  We love you and miss you everyday!!

Well it happened again last night.  I keep having this dream where you are in a hospital far away getting treatments and have been there for a while and none of us are with you.  And all of the sudden I can't believe you are by yourself or that I haven't been to see you.  I desperately try to get to you but can't.  Last night in my dream they called to say that you wouldn't make it much longer and I just crumbled--I had to get to you--I had to see you once more.  I guess the dream represents how I feel---that you are far away and I just can't get to you.  However the dream makes me very sad because at least in the dream I have a chance to see you but never can get to you.  God I miss you!!

Well this Easter has come and gone but not before something extraordinary happening--you sent me a message!  I was really missing you Sunday and somehow the family was scattered all over and I found myself alone at your house.  I wanted so much just to talk to you or just know you were ok.  Suddenly I noticed a small book on the bookshelf (among the hundred other books up there) that I had given you.  It was a book about thanking you for always being a good dad.  I had given it to you ten years ago and had written a note to you in the back.  As I was flipping through it I noticed that you had written me a note in the back telling me and family that you would miss them and that you loved us.  It touched me so because I could actually feel you there with me.  What a blessing on Easter!

The day you always waited for has come. Today I am officially the parent of a teenager!  I know you will watch over me and laugh and say see what we had to go through. You always said "I hope I live long enough to see the day when you have a teenager."  Well even though you're not here, I know you still see.  All I can hope is that I can be half the teacher and protector you always were to me. I know I was stubborn and didn't always listen at the time but there is barely a day that goes by now that I don't appreciate the things you said to me and did for me. I know the girls and I won't always see eye to eye but my greatest wish is that they always have a close connection with me like I did with you. And gosh I hope I've done an ok job so far because I'll never forget you telling me that once they're 13 you've pretty much taught them everything that they are going to listen to. Thank goodness I had a good teacher! love you!

Another year of not being able to celebrate Father's Day with you.  I think back over the years at some of the horrible things I must have made you and how you always smiled and said you loved them. Or how I must have bought you over 100 ties, shirts, etc. Now I would give anything just to see your face or hear your voice. I think of the picture I had made for you with a picture of me and you when I was a baby and then one of me and you at my wedding. I remember I wrote on the back of it.."the baby becomes a woman"  Well as much as that was true, I never stopped being your baby girl. Wow here come the tears. I know we didn't always see eye to eye over the years and mom says it's because we were so much alike which I really realize now. But one thing I know is that you taught me about love and how to live life and because of you I'm a better person. I love you always. Happy Father's Day daddy!!