It's been a long seven months, but Dad passed away at 3:45 pm today.
Lots of things haven't processed through my mind yet. The mechanics of death are whirring away, the hospice nurse pronounced at 4:15 pm. The funeral home has removed the body. Hospice disposed of the medication, the medical equipment company will clear out the stuff tomorrow. Cremation will occur in a couple of days after the coroner has signed off on all the paperwork. We'll have a memorial service in Mid-May when we are ready to celebrate his life.
We don't want lots of flowers in the house, plant some native wildflowers in your yard. If you want to make a donation please consider:
UUMAC: The Unitarian Summer Camp that dad was president of when his tumor was first diagnosed 5 years ago. This camp has been an extended church family for both my parents. http://www.uumac.org/wordpress/scholarship-donations/
Musella Foundation: VirtualTrials.com is an important advocate for brain cancer research and helped support the research that gave Dad a great quality of life for most of the past 5 years. http://www.virtualtrials.com/
Thank you, Melinda. I knew Henry through UUMAC where both he and Chris welcomed me and my little ones into the group fluidly and with love. We will plant some Virginia bluebells in Henry's honor here in our corner of VA. Hope to meet you someday... in the meantime, breathe and transform.
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