Maybe my silence is message enough. Clearly they are both very insecure individuals. Maybe I am insecure myself. I missed my Dad. Why? I have to think that an emotionally healthy individual wouldn't have even allowed him back into his or her life. I don't even know if he would have ever contacted me if he hadn't found out she was going to die.
It's probably unlikely that she would die in peace if I decide never to respond to his email, but in her twisted mind it might because it's the kind of mentality she's comfortable with. I, however, am not. She doesn't deserve peace.
The past 30 years without my Dad has eaten away at ME like a cancer.