A Hard Week

 

It's been a hard, hard week. My dad passed away on Friday the 14th, on his fifth day in the hospital. He unfortunately had some falls at home and hit his head causing a brain bleed. It all went downhill very fast from there and he died peacefully after receiving two and half days of "comfort care." My mother and I were there all day every day, most of the time together which was a sort of comfort care for us, to get to witness his last transition together. My DH and DD were able to come, and then my brother joined us for the last three days. It was a great blessing that my mom, brother and I all happened to be there together in the room when he took his final breath. We found it to be a true relief that he wouldn't have to continue to suffer unnecessarily. 

Now for getting all of us through all of the aftermath.

The picture above was the pavement in the hospital parking garage after one of the rainstorms last week. It kind of sums up the whole week for me. I'll write more about my dad at some point, and hopefully I'll be able to get back to some creative work soon.