My Dad Surrounded By Family

This was my Dad a few days before He Made His Journey to Heaven! Many family Members were there during this time while he was in hospice care. He was 88 years old and had Congestive Heart Failure. I flew Home so my Brother's Family who lived by my Parent's could go to work and know I was there to be with Mom and stay with Dad during the night so he was not alone and everyone else could get some rest! I did not know if I would be there a Month 6 month's or a Year! But here I was and in the end it was only 19 days from when I stepped in my Dad's Hospice room till the day he died.

My Dad was born in a Blizzard on March 5th 1919 got Married in a Blizzard November 21st, 1953, Celebrated their 25th Anniversary  the Day a Blizzard again hit! On the Morning of April 10th, 2007 at 6am it started to snow I did not want to leave my Dad but knew since my Sister-In-Law was there to take over.  My Brother and I needed to go home and get some sleep! We walked out went to Wal*Mart to get some Nyquil cause we were both coming down with colds and by then the snow was getting bad! We got home took some Nyquil and were ready to head to bed when the phone rang!

It was my Sister-In-Law calling to tell us Dad had died! During a Blizzard!

Needless to say the Nyquil never got a chance to work as we were the ones who Had to go to town and tell my Mom and 2 Sister's and then drive over to tell my Brother who is Mentally Challenged!

We made it to town but never made it to my Brother's till the next Day!  The morning my Dad died it was announced on the Radio and we did not know this! My Brother heard about his Dad's death when he was listening to the radio! We felt so bad that we could not be the ones to tell him and he was very upset and sad. We did talk to him on the phone because the roads were too bad till the next day to get to him and cry with him and tell him it was okay to cry becauswe we will all miss Our Dad!

The night before my Dad's Funeral my Grandson Dylan wanted to make a snowman! He had never made a snowman as in Texas where we lived they never had this much snow! His Dad Paul (Mike) cousin Chad and Dylan went out and made a snowman! I am sure my Dad was smiling down from Heaven when they did this!