Please pray for my family...

[dyzzispell]

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to ask you all to pray for strength and comfort for my family. My dad just passed away this morning. He'd had Alzheimers. The passing was extremely easy - I was there when it happened - and God gave me peace about the whole thing.
And because it was Alzheimers, we've already dealt with the loss of the man we knew as our father. So this isn't hitting us all at once. We've had time to prepare for a while. (Although he was only actually diagnosed in March of 2002.)
Anyway, we are all handling this quite well, but when all is said and done, and hospice empties the room of the bed and all the other things they had there, then I think it'll really sink in. Even though my father was gone, I got to share a lot of time and smiles with him in the last few months. I'm going to miss that, I know. I never had a very close relationship with him - I felt like I actually got closer to him during this last year or so than I ever was before. And yet, I still have peace about all this. In a way, it's a bit of a relief. I believe God told me last weekend that it was okay to let go, so I know he's in God's care now.
Weird thing is, that his brother just passed a week ago, and my father's condition worsened right around then. It was almost as if the only reason he was still here was for his brother, and now that he was gone, my father's job was done. I don't know, but God's ways are perfect, and we can't always understand everything, but I trust Him more than anything.
Anyway, thanks for your prayers.

[Tenshi no Ai]

v_v I'm sorry to hear and I'll be praying for you and your family...

[freerock1]

Sorry to hear about your loss, but glad to read that you're coping with it as well as you are. My family dealt with this same kind of thing (the thing of "losing" your family member even before they pass on) a few years ago with my grandfather who had Parkinson's disease, and we're dealing with it right now with my grandmother. Though I know it's even tougher when it's actually your parent.

Lifting you and your family up to the Father.

[<:3)~mouse]

ill pray for you. my grandma just died.

[dyzzispell]

Thank you all for your prayers. God has given us amazing strength in this time. If anyone should be interested in reading the story, I've posted a blog to my Xanga site. I warn you though, it's quite long. I put a lot of detail, because I want to remember every bit of it.
Anyway, thanks again.