One gone other still here

Posted by admin on November 12th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized

This morning my hubby dad called me. I really am at a lost as to how to help him and not make matter worst. I wish I had words that could remove all his pain and keep him from feeling the grief he is expressing and I wish he come and stay here with family that will love him even when he being angry and lashing out. I understand it hard to deal with death of a love one and i can’t even begin to imagine what dad is going through but I know he hurting and in pain.
Losing a love one is one of the hardest things a person can go through. My husband and I are still dealing with grief and I know it safe to say we are all probably in the anger stage of our grief. I know his mom is with Yeshua, and she is no longer in pain but that don’t keep us from missing mom or wanting her here with us. I am worried about dad, and I don’t know how to fix it how to make it better. No words are going to heal this pain he has or fill the void he feels since losing mom. I know being there listening to him is important and does a lot of good, I know it makes him feel better at least for that time being.
This morning dad called me and told me he didn’t want to go on living and felt like ending it the other night. This isn’t the first time I have had this converstation. I am worried that he might decide not to call once, and that will be a pain I don’t want my hubby to feel. Dad has been like this before when Craig was growing up. I could think of no bible verse or even a verse in Psalms to share with dad.
I ended up telling dad that we loved him and if anything where to happen to him we just wouldn’t be able to handle that. I told him some other stuff, but can’t remember exactly what I said. By the end of the conversation I had him laughing a couple of times.
How do I help dad, I know words won’t fix this. Nothing I will say will take a way his pain. I wish I could protect both dad and my husband from pain like this.
All I can do is prayer for dad, and keep looking at the Kaddish (Mourners Prayer) and look for hope with the Father.
We have offered dad several times to stay with myself and hubby for a while until he is feeling better. I am hoping eventually we will be able to convince him to move into a apartment building for seniors so he can have friends more his age.
Last night I found out Granny was brought to the hospital. She fall… Dad wanted to call her so I told him that she was in the hospital, because of a fall.

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