Update, 5/11/2010: My grandpa passed away this morning. I was able to talk to him twice over the weekend, brief moments which I will never forget. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers here and on Twitter. I appreciate it. Now I need to get to Texas for the funeral… wish I didn’t live so far away.
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I don’t usually ask for prayers, but I think I’ll be doing a lot of it this year.
My grandfather is dying.
He found out about a week before my aunt Annie (his daughter) passed away last August that he only had a few months to live. When I saw him in March, just about 6 weeks ago, he had lost a lot of weight and was very quiet. Frail, but still had a wonderful glimmer in his eyes.
Now, he’s sustained by his faith, and the love and support of family and friends. He doesn’t want to eat, and will only drink a few sips of water, so it won’t be long… but I know he’s going to a better place.
Please pray that his journey is as peaceful and pain-free as possible, and that his caregivers – my grandma, aunts Margaret and Mary, and my mom – stay strong through it all. Thank you.
{{{HUGS}}} I know how hard this time is. I am sending lots of positive thoughts for your grandpa, you, and all of your family to have as peaceful of a time as you can during all of this.
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Be strong. God Bless you and your family.
You have my prayers for his family caregivers, for him to be pain free.
My mom lasted for 10 days after she quit eating, and she barely drank anything either. Actually she forgot how to eat and really wasn’t remembering how to swallow. She’d had so many strokes. It’s hard for the caregivers because you want to do so much more for the dying person, but you have to honor that person’s wishes. Thank goodness my mom had a living will she’d made the year before. It certainly helped. I’m so thankful that during my mom’s last year after her will was made she came to live with me. My Dad had already passed on 5 years before her. Though neither one of my parents was very old at all (Dad 67 and then mom 72) when they passed, they but had very poor health for 5 years each before God took them home.
I’m glad they are both up in heaven with each other now. At least in heaven there is no more pain or suffering. I do miss them, but I have a peace with it all.
I’ll pray your whole family has a peace with it all.
God Bless.
My prayers are with your grandfather, and your family.
You have my prayers, also. He does have a gltter in his eyes.
I will also pray that you have stength to endure. God Bless.
my prayers are for peace of heart…both for you and him. what sweet photos you have of him and he looks like a guy i’d definitely enjoy sharing laughs with. I have to tell you what my 6 year old (nathan) told me friday on the way to school…
the convo went like this:
Nathan: “mom, you know where our REAL home is?”
Me: “Where?”
Nathan: “Heaven.”
So simply stated but so true.
Prayers of peace and grace as you go through what’s to come.
~C
Oh, girl, you have my prayers. I lost both my mom and my Grandaddy within 3 months of each other.
Big Hugs to all of you!
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My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. My grandfather passed away from Prostate Cancer in 2008 and we watched him pass slowly. It was rough and still hurts. I pray for peace for your Grandfather and all those who care for him. God Bless.
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Praying for him to find comfort, and for the rest of you to find peace.
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I will pray for your family. It is hard to lose someone you love no matter what the circumstances are. Not sure if it’s more difficult being there or being far away and wishing you could be there. My grandfather went the same way, there were even a couple “false alarms” when my mom was called–only to have him wake back up.
((BIG HUG))
I will keep him and your family in my prayers
I send you all my prayers and support during this difficult time. I wish you and your family peace, serenity and strength during this transition.
He is a beautiful man and I pray your last days with him will be filled with joy and peace for all of you.
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Thinking of you and him and saying prayers.
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Mariana, I am so sorry. Sending you and your family my hugs and prayers.
Aww honey – hugs. It is hard to see someone suffer and wither away in front of you. My mom had 3 strokes and each time it wicked her enthusiasm and some new function away, for over 6 months it was painful to watch. Although I missed her when she passed away at the end of the 6 months, I also felt a sense of relief knowing there was no more pain for her.
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Hi Mariana,
I just went got to your website to see what’s going on and I noticed the Prayer-request.
I’m so sorry for what you are going through.
From experience, I know how hard it is to see your loved onces dying.
No smart thing to say here just tell me if there is anything I can do. and I mean it even though we don’t know each other. People are people.
Wishing you all the best
Eyal
Que pena Mariana. Siento mucho que tengan que ver sufrir a alguien que aman. Pero que linda la sonrisa de tu abuelito 🙂
My prayers are with your family.
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Mariana,
I just saw this blog and the twitter today. He looks like a sweetie and you can see the twinkle in his eyes. I’m sorry you and your family are going though this. May you find comfort from the scriptures that helped me, like 2 Corinthians 1:3,4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation.”
He truly is a comfort to us all. With friends, we don’t like to wake them up in the middle of the night, but with God, he doesn’t mind how late it is. We talk and he listens. Then in his Word, he answers us. Like in my favorite verse in Revelation 21:4, that says “And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
I hope you will find comfort, in time from those thoughts and further study of the scriptures, and of course, from all your memories of happy times you shared.
Wrapping a big tight hug around you Mariana…..I am so glad, though, that you had those last few precious memories.
Mariana, I am sorry to hear about your loss. I hope that you find comfort that you were able to speak with him before. I was unable to have that moment with my Grandfather before he passed 🙁 I still regret not getting the chance to talk to him
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I am certainly keeping you all in my prayers. My thoughts are with you all.
Sending you big big hugs and support. My sympathies are with you right now.
Thinking of you.
Words wont bring you comfort, or bring him back. I am so sorry for your loss, and hope that you are ok. Closure, whether timely or not, is often difficult. Some take solace in the fact that their loved ones lived a full life. Others in the fact that they’ve gone to a better place, arent suffering, and are with family who’ve passed before them.
I only ask for peace for you – and your family – during this difficult time. My heart and thoughts are yours.
Matt
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My thoughts are with you. I am sorry for your loss.
So sorry…..you are in my prayers.
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