junnie

I am off to North Carolina to say goodbye to my father. He is in a coma and waiting for his children. They took him off life support this morning. I will be away for a few days.

Hugs and Kisses to all of you who have gone through this.

Junie


Update...

I can not describe what it is like to bathe your father and be his nurse and hold him in your arms after years of estrangement and help him through the dying process. So instead I will just put the words to a song he sang to me when I was a little girl. It's all I can muster right now.

Ohh Danny Boy
the pipes the pipes are calling
from glen to glen
and down the mountain side
the summers gone
and all the flowers dying,
tis you tis you must go and I must stay
but come ye back
when summers in the meadow
or when the valleys hushed and white with snow,
Tis Ill be here in sunshine or in shadow,
ohh Danny boy ohh Danny boy,
I love you so.
But ye come
and all the roses falling
and I am dead
as dead as I will may be,
go out and find the place where I am lying
and kneel and say an Ave there for me.
And I will hear
the soft of your tread above me
and then my grave will warm and sweeter be
for you shall bend and tell me that you love me
and I will sleep in peace until you come to me.

Thank you to everyone who wished me well and your support for my family.