grumpy
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It was the call in the night that no one wishes to receive. My somewhat normal world became completely abnormal within seconds. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry," was all I could say as I spoke to my daughter-in-law.
"He's gone, pop." She cried as I heard the phone fall into silence. My heart slowed, my sleepy-mind became crystal clear in the darkness that suddenly felt cold.
My biological son, Shane, had passed away. It has been nearly twelve hours ago to this minute…and I still cannot wrap my mind around this unexpected tragedy. I keep waiting and wanting to collapse into a heap of blithering idiocy on the floor. My heart says it should be thus, but my mind will not allow it.
Forty-two years old, two sons, a wife, home, good job, a bit of a hard head, but a heart of gold. This was my son, Shane. A harder worker, I've honestly never seen. Raised dirt poor in the scrabble-hills of the Ozarks, my son made up his mind to "make-it" one day. He did! When he turned 18, I got the call, "I'm comin' to you, Dad," he spoke with conviction.
"I'll be waiting, son," was my reply. That was 24 years ago. I am so proud of my son.
He walks with God! Please pray for his wife and two sons.
Grumpy
"He's gone, pop." She cried as I heard the phone fall into silence. My heart slowed, my sleepy-mind became crystal clear in the darkness that suddenly felt cold.
My biological son, Shane, had passed away. It has been nearly twelve hours ago to this minute…and I still cannot wrap my mind around this unexpected tragedy. I keep waiting and wanting to collapse into a heap of blithering idiocy on the floor. My heart says it should be thus, but my mind will not allow it.
Forty-two years old, two sons, a wife, home, good job, a bit of a hard head, but a heart of gold. This was my son, Shane. A harder worker, I've honestly never seen. Raised dirt poor in the scrabble-hills of the Ozarks, my son made up his mind to "make-it" one day. He did! When he turned 18, I got the call, "I'm comin' to you, Dad," he spoke with conviction.
"I'll be waiting, son," was my reply. That was 24 years ago. I am so proud of my son.
He walks with God! Please pray for his wife and two sons.
Grumpy
I am in tears just reading this sad news........there just are no words to convey how sorry I am that this has happened. My thoughts and prayers are with you, and your family.
