Thank you for all the love with the loss of Dad!! I'm sorry I haven't been able to read any of the loving words on any of the posts I made since taking Dad to the ER 10 days ago. We had so much going on each day and wanted to spend time with him while we had him. The challenging (almost cruel) aspect of losing a loved one is that the world doesn't slow down... we have to go straight into all of the funeral / Celebration of Life arrangements, notifications of death, Dr appointment cancelations, bills & services cancelations, will, life insurance, last wishes, cancel pension checks & social security, meet with each military department for notification of death. There is so much involved in every aspect, but Team Sis-Bro (that's what my Sister and I call our Caregiving partnership) along with Mom & Dad's adopted third child (Laurie), Carson, & Dave are rocking it!! Monday we met with the different departments at the VA, yesterday we tackled Dad's last wishes & met with the funeral director (and selected Dad's casket... here's a pic... his casket will be in Air Force blue!!), today we meet with the church to plan out his service (sometime in mid January) and later today we meet with an end-of-life attorney to make sure we aren't missing anything. Oh, and tomorrow is Dad's birthday... and in a week is something called Christmas lol. Everyday is an emotional rollercoaster, but who doesn't love rollercoasters (grin)!! We are all doing good overall with moments of great grief. We are comforted knowing that Dad is reunited with Mom and has no more pain or misery... just endless joy in the presence of God. I'm looking forward to reading all the Facebook comments over the next few days. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE!!!
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