Turning Death Into Triumph
Turning Death Into Triumph
The time was near. My father had fought cancer for 3 years but the fight was drawing to a close. Over 3 years a strong man had slowly diminished until he reached the point that he could not get out of bed.
Being an early riser I was always the first to visit Dad in the hospital. As his body weakened our roles had reversed. At times I helped him to walk and assisted my mother with his care when he was home. The day after the doctors told us that there was nothing more to do I went to see my father in the hospital as I did every morning. I must have looked miserable. Dad looked over at me sitting by his bed in the early morning light. That day it was his turn to be the strong one again. Seeing how sad I was my father looked directly at me and said “Don’t be sad – I’ve had a wonderful life”. With those words the tears came.
I told Dad how much it meant to me that he had never lost faith in Downadup поразил уже 8,9 миллиона компьютеров me and thanked him for helping me to get my life on track. I told him how happy I was tha
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