Saturday, February 11, 2012

98 years, 7 months and 4 days

I guess you might say that I have been on a roller coaster ride for the past several weeks and just haven't had much interest in posting anything here. My Dad passed away on January 17th at 98 years, 7 months and 4 days old. He had lived alone since my stepmother's passing a little over 3 years ago but just a couple of months ago he began having some problems. Mainly, he was losing his ability to swallow, got very weak and ended up in a care center for a few weeks and then got pneumonia that finally took him. We were very lucky because he was still sharp as a tack and made his own medical decisions that affected the end of his life. It doesn't matter what age your parents are when you lose them, does it? It is always a hard time to go through but I just count my blessings that we had him as long as we did. I have to remember to Celebrate his life as that is what he would want us to do. Now we are in the process of going through the household things, cleaning, sorting and deciding what to do with the mountains of accumulations.  It's one thing to lose an elderly person but to lose a young one is even harder to understand. On January 2, my husband's cousin passed away very suddenly at 36 yrs of age, leaving his wife and a 5 week old baby, their first child, to survive. That was so sad and so you can see that January was not a good month for me and my family. I hope I can post again soon with a more upbeat subject and something more uplifting but I felt that I need to post this so those of you who follow me, would know why you haven't seen me for a while.  Sew until next time, take care of yourself and yours.  

8 comments:

  1. I'm so sorry to hear about your dad and your husband's cousin. How blessed you are to have had your dear dad for so long, though I am sure that doesn't make it any easier to lose a loved one. I hope your good memories of him will give you some comfort during this difficult time. You are in my thoughts and prayers, Kimber

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  2. Sending light, love and hugs for your heart. Your dad was precious.

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  3. Take care of yourself and remember the good times....
    Sue

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  4. So sorry to hear of your loss. Losing loved ones is so painful. Please take care of yourself. Your loved ones need you!

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  5. Thinking of you and wishing you well.

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  6. Sympathy to you and yours...loosing a loved one no matter how old is hard.

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  7. So sorry, I lost my daddy a little over 2 years ago. I hope that the rest of the year is less painful for you.

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  8. I am so sorry..a loss like this is very hard to get over. My sympathy:)

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