Life My Dad is so awesome, he waited for me

My sister told him Jimmy was on the way, drove 8 hours at 90mph and made it. I got to the hospital, I made my way to his room on the 5th floor . I grabbed his hand , rubbed his shoulder, told him i was here .

He took his last four breaths and was gone.

Buried him yesterday.

God is good!
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Went through this recently. So awesome to be able to say goodbye. God bless you brother.
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That’s incredible. Glad you were there to comfort him in his final moments and I’m glad he put up one last incredible fight to share that moment with you.
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One of the greatest gifts one could receive. My mom waited for us all to finally leave the room, especially my dad. We had surrounded her bedside for 9 days, took shifts overnight, never left her side. Finally, the priest told my father that he needed to tell mom (who was unconscious for 5 days) that he loved her and that it was OK for her to go now. He did so, left the room and 5 minutes later she was gone.

God Bless you man. You really had a moment that many people never have. Cherish it and his memory.
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Wow. This jolted and grabbed me and sent shivers all over. Bitter sweet.

What a moment for both of you. RIP Hog Sr. Be well, Jr.
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Thoughts and prayers Hog. It always sucks losing someone. I missed my mom by 15 minutes.
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Originally Posted by mlyonsd:
Thoughts and prayers Hog. It always sucks losing someone. I missed my mom by 15 minutes.

That's hard man. Super tough when it goes down like that.
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Thank you for posting this.

Beautiful.
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Awesome. RIP to the ol man and condolences to you.
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Originally Posted by mlyonsd:
Thoughts and prayers Hog. It always sucks losing someone. I missed my mom by 15 minutes.

I'm sorry for that. She knows you were there though, even if it wasn't physically.
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You are blessed to have that moment cherish it.

I was privileged to spend the last night with my Dad in the nursing home and in the morning put my head on his chest and felt his last breath and I looked in his eyes and I saw the purist form of love I've ever seen then his life was gone but that was the closest I've ever felt to God and I was loved. Tears rolling down my cheek writing this for you. God Bless.
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Originally Posted by Rasputin:
You are blessed to have that moment cherish it.

I was privileged to spend the last night with my Dad in the nursing home and in the morning put my head on his chest and felt his last breath and I looked in his eyes and I saw the purist form of love I've ever seen then his life was gone but that was the closest I've ever felt to God and I was loved. Tears rolling down my cheek writing this for you. God Bless.

Amen, It's a life changing moment.
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Best to you Hog, glad you got to be there at the end.
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Sincere condolences on your loss. Being with a loved one in their last moments is a very powerful experience, it sure helps with the "afterwards". Peace to you.
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My mom had a brain aneurysm in 2008 i got off work at midnight got on the bus and got all the way down to corpus christi. My brother picked me up and we went to the hospital i saw my mom who was fighting so much to live. We were telling her it ok to go. I went to my grandma house to rest after the long trip down and not even a hour later my mom was gone. I was just glad to see her before she passed.
Glad you got that chance hog.
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