u/Primary-Weakness-457

My father moved to Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2 years ago and I'm not sure if he or I will ever see each other again due to financial restraints. This weighs heavy on my mind constantly and I miss hearing him play in person..

When my mother died, something inside my pops broke, and I thought he was honestly going to expedite his departure of this world. For 5 years he sat in our old dilapidated house, drinking himself into oblivion.

With all options exhausted and no money left he sold our childhood home and everything in it for 40,000 dollars and moved to one of the only places he could afford to live for a few years.

2.5 years later I am happy to say my father is in the best mental spot I've seen him in since my mother passed!! The unfortunate side is he only has 2,000 dollars left which will last roughly 6 months AND the neck of his guitar cracked last night so he can't play.

My father wrote to get through my mother's cancer treatments and death. My father played to get through the passing of 5 of his brothers. My father shredded to get past the pain of losing his parents in a traffic accident.

My father, Andrew Barber, eats, breathes, and IS music. I am adding his YouTube on here for anyone to check out.

Love you pops, I know you won't see this, but maybe someone someday will be as inspired by your courage and passion as much as I am.

[My Pops](https://youtu.be/Vci5ye7KKLI?is=aZXE9mDZrzsih9P1)

My father moved to Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2 years ago and I'm not sure if he or I will ever see each other again due to financial restraints. This weighs heavy on my mind constantly and I miss hearing him play in person..

When my mother died, something inside my pops broke, and I thought he was honestly going to expedite his departure of this world. For 5 years he sat in our old dilapidated house, drinking himself into oblivion.

With all options exhausted and no money left he sold our childhood home and everything in it for 40,000 dollars and moved to one of the only places he could afford to live for a few years.

2.5 years later I am happy to say my father is in the best mental spot I've seen him in since my mother passed!! The unfortunate side is he only has 2,000 dollars left which will last roughly 6 months AND the neck of his guitar cracked last night so he can't play.

My father wrote to get through my mother's cancer treatments and death. My father played to get through the passing of 5 of his brothers. My father shredded to get past the pain of losing his parents in a traffic accident.

My father, Andrew Barber, eats, breathes, and IS music. I am adding his YouTube on here for anyone to check out.

Love you pops, I know you won't see this, but maybe someone someday will be as inspired by your courage and passion as much as I am.

https://youtu.be/2CZ5jvzewUQ?is=bWAwFTjYj5X6vgvk