Intermittent, shallow breaths, bed he lay upon. A gurgle, a grimace, one last gasp, and gone. Such was the manner of my father's passing on January 30th, 2023. For the first time in my life, death was not an academic thought experiment, but a real, visceral encounter with mortality. My heroic mother, bedside-bound for days, famished, and sleep deprived, loved him to the end. Though this was her third time keeping vigil over someone in his/her final hour, my mother's undying love for her husband is the stuff of legend in an age where most patients and their caregivers surrender to the inevitable much sooner.
May your father find rest in a place of brightness, a place of refreshment, a place of repose, where all sickness, sighing and sorrow have fled away. And, may you and your family enjoy peace that passes understanding.
Michael, my condolences to you and your family. Thank you for your beautiful sharing.
May your father find rest in a place of brightness, a place of refreshment, a place of repose, where all sickness, sighing and sorrow have fled away. And, may you and your family enjoy peace that passes understanding.
This is such a beautiful write up of your Dad. Thank you for sharing such intimate details and memories. He was a great and kind man.
Beautiful message... may he rest in peace.
May the Lord grant him memory eternal and you and your family peace that passes understanding. ❤️☦️🙏
May his memory be eternal!
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.