Hi there, the analogy is quite accurate. I still can't believe my dad has gone. He went 3 days after diagnosis, I wasn't ready for him to leave. I struggle with it all. No notice that he was going so quickly and the hardest bit, no goodbye! Just simply here one minute and gone the next. How does that happen??? I tell myself it would of been easier on us left behind if it wasn't so sudden. Or if we had longer for the diagnosis to sink in. It's hard to talk to your partners in some ways as unless they've lost a  parent they don't truly know what it feels like. That said my other half happily listens whenever I want to talk which is good. I know the people on here truly get it! Take care everyone xxx