Below is the post that Tim posted last night on his dad's blog. What a great example he was to us of enduring through the challenges that life gives you and making the best out of it. We love you Dad and will miss you but we know you are in Heaven taking care of our precious baby until it comes to us in May. We love you all. Thank you for your many thoughts and prayers this week.
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Today, on November 8, 2008 at 3:50 P.M., our Heavenly Father took one of the most precious gifts one could get on Earth, our Dad. We are so grateful and feel so blessed that the Lord saw fit to give him to us. Dad was such a wonderful genuine person, and his heart was centered around his family. He taught us so many things that will bless us for the future. The biggest gift that he taught me, his son, was how to endure to the end. He did, and he did it with a smile on his face, with love in his heart for others and he did it when he thought he couldn't do it. He has endured so much and is a testament to how I need to act as a man and a leader. He taught me that life is not about what you own or where you work, but what you do for others and how you treat them.
This week showed us how much Dad was loved. People came and never left his side, they couldn't get enough. We saw people that we hadn't seen in years; they knew, as we did, what kind of man was being called home. Somebody said to me today, "heaven doesn't know what they are getting." My response was "they do know what they are getting or else he wouldn't be leaving so early."
Dad, in his last few hours, was writing notes to us saying things like "how about a diet coke", "please donate my organs", "and that he was not afraid because he knew we " will be together forever." I believe yesterday was his gift to us - he was awake enough that he could interact with us and crack some jokes. He told us all that he loved us and that he was proud of us. That is all we needed, we thank God for that time with him.
We thank you all for your thoughts and prayers this last week...we now know that we still need those prayers as a family to maintain our strength. When I came to Mom's tonight Brynlee (one of Heather & Phil's twin girls) asked me if I was sad that Papa was gone. I responded "of course I was." Her response was "but at least we now have a Guardian Angel!"
God Bless you Dad and the life that you lived. You truly were a man that blessed the lives of so many around you. We love you and will miss you but we know this is just temporary. Thank you for being "THE BEST MAN ONE COULD KNOW."
We will continue to post information here about upcoming services. Thank you and God Bless.
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4 comments:
Tim and Krista...my heart goes out to both of you, and my prayers are with you! He sounds like such an amazing man. I'm sure he will be watching over your sweet little baby...love you! Nat
I'm so, so sorry. Even though we know we will be together with our families again it still hurts. We're thinking of you guys. Loves.
krista and tim... we are so sad to hear the news.. we have loved reading your thoughts this past week on your blogs... thanks... our prayers and thoughts are with you... what a gift to spend his last days with him... love ya
So sorry to hear about your loss. He sounds like a wonderful man. Both of my husbands parents have passed, and I loved knowing that they were watching over Maren before she came to us. I STILL know that they are with her!
Love you, Jess
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