"Why is it we miss our Dads more when they are gone?".
I was only 5 when my Dad passed away(my brothers were 15 and 17), so all I can do, or could ever do, was miss him. My Mother never remarried or even had a steady. She always replied when I asked why "Your Dad had pretty big shoes to fill(even though he had no feet) and nobody ever came close". Not to mention the three of us(brothers) were......well, something!