eva1964

My father passed away last night april 17th at 10:50pm. Although the pain was deep, we all sang amazing grace at his bed side, took turns with him in his bed and I crawled up next to him like a baby and my father regained conscience and opened his eyes bright and wide and my sister was talking to him and my mother went to his side and gently caressed his brow and said relax honey , relax, its okay. His eyes were so big and bright and I told my mother he has seen the light. He raised his head and took his last breath as I was holding him in my arms. God blessed me with a wonderful gift, I will never forget. Hospice helped us and let us have our time with him. Then when it was time she made the call to the funeral home. I then helped roll him over to one side and put the diaper on him ( procedures they do ) Then we brushed his hair and I shaved my father one last time. I never thought I had that much strength within me but it was a beautiful gift. Unfortanately one of our sisters chose not to watch her father pass. Which hurt my mother deeply, but we all must do what we must do. I only wish she could have seen the beauty in my fathers death. We all slept well last night, course we were up for like 48 hours without sleep, so we all crashed around 3am and when my eyes opened around 8am I did dread getting up, I miss him deeply and wish I could still see him (the way he was) before he started slipping away, Pray for our family for strength. And I will still keep in touch with all of you through the boards . My heart goes out to all of you and your loved ones who are sick. I will pray that your passing will be as beautiful as ours God Bless to all Thanks so much Eva