Like with many people around the country, the nationwide lockdown threatened to prevent a Texas woman from visiting her dying father before he succumbed to the coronavirus. Fortunately, Abby Adair Reinhard was able to bid her elderly dad farewell in a touching way: by talking to him on the phone for more than 30 hours until his death, which she chronicled in a heartbreaking Facebook post in early April.

“It feels so good to laugh and cry,” wrote Reinhard of speaking with her 76-year-old father, Don Adair, for the last time. Also on the phone were Reinhard’s siblings, who joined the call from Texas, Denmark and North Carolina.

And while the Rochester native’s children couldn’t see him or hold his hand, they were able to share memories, express their love and even sing Peter, Paul and Mary songs that their father had played on a guitar at family campfires, reports CNN.

Reinhard, 41, wrote on Facebook that she felt grateful “to be connected on the phone with you and my brother and sisters” and “to bring the images of us from earlier years back to life.”

Family speaks with dad for 30 hours ovr the phone before him dying of coronavirus
Family speaks with dad for 30 hours over the phone before him dying of coronavirus
Don Adair wasn’t just an important figure in his children’s lives. A former attorney with a law degree from Cornell University, the grandfather of five was a community pillar who helped people start their dream businesses, Reinhard tells CNN.

“He was one of the smartest people I ever met and he was also very humble and kind,” she tells Good Morning America.

Along with reliving the good times, Reinhard also made amends for past transgressions during the over-a-daylong convo. “I apologized for what I needed to apologize for, I forgave him for what I needed to forgive him for,” the small business owner tells CNN of the bittersweet session.