My Dad
I sit at the keyboard to write and yet I don't know what to write. What was the point in putting on my makeup this morning? It's been washed away with tears. I should have known.
My Dad's not doing well. My brother and sister have posted entries about him on their blogs and they're much better at articulating the situation...so I'll just let you read about it there and see the wonderful pictures my brother has posted.
My sister Peggy and I live close to Mom and Dad so we are their support and the relayers of important information to Paul and Ruthie. It's hard to let go and yet it's even harder to stand over the bedside of the Dad you've known and loved all your life and watch him slip away. It makes you realize how fast life flies. I sat with my husband yesterday and had a conversation about how it just seems like yesterday WE were the ones consumed with getting our driver's license and what we'd be doing on our next date (that's my 15 year old and what she's going through right now). And Scott remarked that it will be that quick and our children will be having a conversation about their failing parents and what to do....oh, God....what to do.
Singer and songwriter Karen Taylor-Good says it well in her song, "Me There in the Middle" :
Please continue to keep my dad and our family in your prayers.....
My Dad's not doing well. My brother and sister have posted entries about him on their blogs and they're much better at articulating the situation...so I'll just let you read about it there and see the wonderful pictures my brother has posted.
My sister Peggy and I live close to Mom and Dad so we are their support and the relayers of important information to Paul and Ruthie. It's hard to let go and yet it's even harder to stand over the bedside of the Dad you've known and loved all your life and watch him slip away. It makes you realize how fast life flies. I sat with my husband yesterday and had a conversation about how it just seems like yesterday WE were the ones consumed with getting our driver's license and what we'd be doing on our next date (that's my 15 year old and what she's going through right now). And Scott remarked that it will be that quick and our children will be having a conversation about their failing parents and what to do....oh, God....what to do.
Singer and songwriter Karen Taylor-Good says it well in her song, "Me There in the Middle" :
Dear God I've drawn this picture to make it crystal clear
I feel the need to show you why I'm praying hard down here
On the left there stand the very ones,
the ones who gave me life
The one that I gave birth to, is standing at my right
That's me there in the middle, two arms stretched out wide
Holding on for dear life, being pulled from side to side
Give me strength, help me be the rock
Give me patience, 'cause they've all become my flock
Give me courage, as they change please help me know
You'll give me the strength to hold them
And the strength.....to let them go.
I know you're watching over them, I'm not in it by myself
But it's taking all the faith I have, I need some extra help
Mom and Dad are awfully frail, and getting more confused
My 15-year-old knows it all, and hasn't got a clue
And me there in the middle, both sides leaning hard
They need all my energy, I need a stronger heart.
Give me strength, help me be the rock
Give me patience, 'cause they've all become my flock
Give me courage, as they change please help me know
You'll give me the strength to hold them
And the strength.....to let them go
Who made me the grown up?
I don't know which scares me more
Watching Dad behind the wheel
Or my child head out the door
Give me strength, help me be the rock
Give me patience, 'cause they've all become my flock
Give me courage, as they change please help me know
You'll give me the strength to hold them
And the strength....to let them go
Please continue to keep my dad and our family in your prayers.....
posted by Million Dollar Mary at 9:52 AM
1 Comments:
I know your sister Ruth Anne, I understand what your family is going though. My father was taken from us without warning or time to say Goodbye. I would love to tell him one more time I loved him and how much he meant to me. Take this time to say goodbye and tell him how special he is to you. Be there for your mom and pray. I promise those prayers are answered.
Love in Christ always,
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