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9:14:00 PM EST
Hearing silence
John Freeman Bramble 1922-2006
Pop passed finally at exactly 6pm.
He was surrounded by his family, the people who loved him most --and a dog named Dot.
It was a hard day for him, struggling for every breath he took, and I felt so happy for him when he took the last one. I was laying beside him with my head on his shoulder and my hand on his chest. Ma was sitting on the other side of him holding his hand. My sister was at the foot of the bed with her hand on his knee.
Hospice has been here and gone. The funeral home people have been here and gone. Tomorrow morning we have to be at the funeral home at 11am to make the arrangements. And so far that's all I know.
Again, thank you to everyone for your words and prayers and taking the time to just keep track of what's been going on here in godforsaken Hanover, PA. I'm now subscribed to many of your blogs and at some point you will all hear from me.
I just need a little bit of time right now before I get to all that.
Now, somewhere around here I've got a glass of cranberry juice that's waiting for some gin...
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Dear Mary Jo,
I am so very sorry for your loss.
Please accept my deepest condolences wiht the loss of your father!
hugs,natalie -
I'm so glad you were right there next to him, and that your mother and sister were there, too. I know you are relieved that he is finally resting easy. Hope everyone is able to find the strength needed over the next few days. Your father was born the same year as mine. I don't know why, but for some reason, that makes me feel connected somehow. That was a very strong generation. Take care, and my family's sympathies, thoughts, and prayers are with your family right now.
Lori
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Glad you can focus on what was best for you dad at this point, but still holding you and your family in my prayers for your loss. - Barbara
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Mary Jo, I found your journal thru Mary's journal. So sorry to read about your father's passing. It's always hard to loose someone we love. When my dad passed away in 1990 from the complications of a stroke...I was devastated. But as I thought about his life and how it had changed for him....being in bed, having to be cared for around the clock, being tube feed...the whole ugly scene...I also remembered my younger, stronger dad and could visualize him climbing a ladder with a square of hand split cedar shakes on his back when he was building our new home when I was in junior high. I knew he missed my mother who had passed away in 1987 and his quality of life was zilch....it was easier to let him go. May God wrap HIS arms around you, your mom and your whole family in the days to come. Take care.....Linda in Washington state http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1
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1/21/07 4:38 AM
Isn't that what its all about in the end... family, friends and love...
Hugs Kendra