Hello everyone. I got a call last night from the care home to say my dad passed away. I don’t fully know the circumstances yet but he had been declining these past few days.
Im not yet at the relief stage but despite the niggling guilt demon I feel like it was the best I could have hoped for. I feel terribly sad for him that he didn’t get to see us before he went because of lockdown. I know that he was unhappy these past few days. But I am also glad he didn’t die of corona struggling to breathe. And I’m glad he didn’t reach the end stages of dementia. I can at least remember him as a cantankerous old man shuffling about still exerting his independence who to his best but limited ability loved me and and my brother.
P.s. I’m also looking forward to a quiet funeral
Im not yet at the relief stage but despite the niggling guilt demon I feel like it was the best I could have hoped for. I feel terribly sad for him that he didn’t get to see us before he went because of lockdown. I know that he was unhappy these past few days. But I am also glad he didn’t die of corona struggling to breathe. And I’m glad he didn’t reach the end stages of dementia. I can at least remember him as a cantankerous old man shuffling about still exerting his independence who to his best but limited ability loved me and and my brother.
P.s. I’m also looking forward to a quiet funeral