At 8:20pm, on March 7, 2008, a mercilous end came to my father's suffering, but it was also the glorious beginning to his second life with his Rose!!! Although my brother George, Larry & I lost our Dad that night, we knew he no longer would suffer the agony and loneliness of be separated from the Love of his Life; his Rose!!! Although so many emotions are attached to losing one's parents, I've had to deal with losing them both within a 19 month span. The process was heartbreaking, tragic, emotionally draining and yet, humbling and glorious.
To see the transformation of the man I knew as my father, change to a man who needed absolute assistance with every detail of his life, was emotionally devastating. Yet, we as sons were now in charge of his well being, both physically and mentally. Not the way I had envisioned it, but it was how God had wanted it to be. My Dad was helpless in many ways but it was humbling how life came full circle for us as a family. In the end, it was a man, lost on life's road because he was supposed to be somewhere else but it just wasn't his time to go there. However, on March 7th, it was predisposed for him start his journey on the road to reunion with the Love of his Life and God's loveliest flower, our mother, Rose!! No day or night will pass without thoughts of my parents and how great is that; they are physically gone from our lives but we will never be without them. Heartbreaking yet glorious.
