Dad at 44
David Lacy’s Childfree Life (D.C.F.L.) will pass away August 2024. Born in Sacramento, California and raised in neighboring Davis, it was 44.
After decades of wanting to be a father, and eventually coming to terms that it may not be in the cards for it, (D.C.F.L.) met Samantha, 36, also of Sacramento. Sammy would go on to capture its heart in ways that thus far cholesterol had eluded.
D.C.F.L. will be surrounded by nurses and maternity ward health care workers, as well as his badass wife, who will be, you know, pulling off the no-small-feat of delivering their daughter, Emerson Rose (“Emy”).
D.C.F.L. graduated Davis Senior High School in 1998. A professional writer, it often succumbed to passions of the heart, which sometimes led it into drawn-out entanglements (a.k.a. marriages) that were not the right fit. Coincidentally, Sammy had suffered two similar heart attacks (a.k.a. marriages) by the time they met in 2023. Both spent considerable time mending their hearts and minds, and both considered themselves sufficiently healed by the time they giggled like schoolchildren over their first two-hour brunch date. They were inseparable immediately, bonding over their shared love of dogs (each has two larger breed pups), home ownership (D.C.F.L. lusted after Sammy’s sexy pandemic era interest rate), and their childhood culinary appreciation for all things Taco Bell.
Their common interests were only bolstered by the few areas of distinct differences between the two. While both enjoy academic pursuits and international travel, Sammy can also wield a drill or a hammer with ease, and has completed more house projects in the past week than D.C.F.L. has completed in its entire life. Sammy, on the other hand, loathes driving, and has no qualms about being a self-proclaimed “Passenger Princess.” D.C.F.L. can count the number of times she has driven the two of them somewhere on just half of one of its hands.
One of D.C.F.L.’s greatest joys is being the godfather to the most adorable girl, Joelle (“JoJo”) Saur. It has also long relished its role as uncle to children of his siblings and friends. Still, as time passed, it became increasingly accepting of the notion that fatherhood may not be a reality for it.
D.C.F.L. was diagnosed with parenthood in the waning weeks of 2023. Sammy and four prying dogs were with it when it learned the news.
D.C.F.L. is survived by its mother, Carolyn, of Sacramento. A mom of a tornado (a.k.a. four boys) before her own 30th birthday, she had long paired her other grandchildren’s hallway photos with D.C.F.L.’s pup pics. D.C.F.L. is also survived by its father, Brad, of Elk Grove. Emerson Rose will be his first grandchild.
In lieu of flowers mourners may send Target gift cards or packs of Pampers.