The Death of a Loved One

[Christine]

I haven't been on at all the past couple of months but the heading of this thread drew me. Sadly I have had my own personal experience with death of loved ones the past 5 weeks. My mom quite ununexpectedly passed away 37 days ago and my dad, already in declining health missed her fiercely. My siblings and I had the sacred,sweet,difficult experience of caring for him these past 37 days as we cried, remembered, laughed, and mourned with him and each other. Last Sunday he called us all there and told us he was ready to join her and we all said our goodbyes and expressed our love and gratitude to and for this great family patriarch who had quietly done good his whole life.
He told each of us that be loved us. His last words to us were that night, words of faith, words of love, words of hope. As I sat at his bedside on Halloween night, my mom's birthday, and read scriptures to him late into the quiet night, I was so grateful for my mom and dad. Especially for the deep faith and love they taught their seven children. Dads prayers were answered as he quietly slipped beyond the veil and joined my mom yesterday morning. A very hard day for us but a glorious reunion for them. The world is a much better place because they lived.