Thank you one and all!!!
Today, I snuck into see Dad mid-day before the others (only 2 or so) made their way.
Amazing thing: a family was in there I didn't know. They were there to visit another resident and there are 2 pretty young girls in the family. One peeked in and Dad was actually awake and invited them in. They came in, saw the pics I drug up and put around his room. One of Mom and one of dad in full uniform.
This incredible young couple thanked dad for his service in WWII, and stayed to visit. Total strangers!
I came in as they were to leave and got to visit briefly. Amazing how God works to fill an old man's time and vision! Bless them.
Then Dad and I had a chance to talk. I asked him how he was taking the doctor's news about being "end times". He said it doesn't bother him much. Dad is a quiet and private man, so I dind't press as I'd have liked, but chose to respect his privacy.
I told him how I'd miss him, but didn't want him to linger in a state where all that he cherished in being an insatiable reader, loving to visit with people, were all taken from him and that when it was time for him to go, he should do so without a worry about me as God would see me through.
He just looked at me.
I know I will make it. I also know it will suck out loud in stereo, but with God, all things are possible.
Saw a movie with James Garner: NoteBook. Amazing bit of cinema. To know such love here on earth!
If you've not seen it, watch it with your family while you've got them. Pre-screen it as it has some earthy aspects, but the message of love is powerul indeed!
thank you for being a family I no longer have.