After being away for a week, we are finally home. Jim's dad passed away on July 31, with me, mother-in-law, and a caregiver in the room. He was 85. This photo is when he was 18 and had enlisted in the Navy.
The week was a rush of funeral planning, errands, and paperwork.
During his final days on earth, I read him my favorite book, The Fur Person (about a cat--he loved cats). When we arrived, he was already non-responsive, but I hope he could still hear us and knew we were there.
Watching someone die is an experience that is difficult, but I'm glad we were there. He left this world with love, prayer, and someone holding his hand.
9 comments:
I am so sorry for your loss. I was with my Dad when he passed and I look at it as a gift to get to be there. XO
I am so very sorry for your loss. My human lost her father in 2015, and she knows how hard it is.
May his soul rest in peace. Hugs and purrs to you and your family.
I'm so sorry. :( You are such a wonderful, caring person and he was blessed to be surrounded by such love as he moved on.
I'm so incredibly sorry for your loss. I'm sure he knew you were there and felt all of the love.
I am sorry about this happening, but it comes to us all eventually. I have witnessed death many times. Better to be surrounded by loved ones than alone.
He was so blessed to be surrounded by love in his final hours. God bless you all.
No matter how long the process, one is never ready. My Mom was in a nursing home for over 10 years and severely limited for an earlier 10. And yet, when she died, it didn't make it any easier to have seen it coming. She was a preschool teacher and I loved that when I was a kid she'd read books with all kinds of different voices. For the years she was in a nursing home, I took a couple of my childhood books and read them just the way she used to do. Often, a crowd gathered outside of the door listening. My Mom wasn't responsive anymore - but I'm pretty sure she appreciated that I was there.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I love that book too.
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