It was pretty clear to me that his spirit had left overnight - his eyes were empty this morning and he did not move around at all. Keeping him safely in his bed had been a challenge over the past week but this morning he did not move.
He was surrounded by photos, plaques, things of meaning to him (including a crocheted quilt made by mom, a navy flight jacket he had made to honor dad, his beloved police and fire scanners and his Hogan's Heroes DVDs). I spent a day this past week going over his knife collection, Kathy spent a day going through 100s of police / fire / military patches with him. We have each spent more time with him in the past two months than we were able to over the past many years.
We're heart-broken and will need some time with our grief. Thank-you for your thoughts, prayers, kind words.
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