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Day 122- Family in 1958-ish?

            May 2, 122/365 (853/1096)- Last night after we got home from Thunder Beach we received a call from my parents neighbor that dad had fallen, hit his head, and was taken to the ER.  We grabbed a few things and drove to Fort Walton Beach General, about 2 hours.  Dad was already in a coma and not much chance of recovery.  Today I signed for them to take out his breathing tube and we stayed with mom while we waited for nature to take its course with dad.

He was still breathing on his own late tonight so we decided to just take mom home so she could at least get some rest.  After everyone went to bed tonight I saw these photos, taken by dad using a timer probably on his old Leica camera when we lived in Germany about 1958 I would guess.  I have no real memory of the event.  The tallest is my brother George, passed away in 1997 of cancer.  The other one standing in the back is my brother Rob, who now lives with his wife in California.  I’m the little one in the middle.

My oldest daughter, Rachelle, and her husband were actually in California visiting Rob and his wife, Judy, when we got the first call.  I called them while they were finishing up dinner and told them.  They spent much of today making arrangements to fly here tomorrow.

In my work as a chaplain I have grieved and sat with families as they went through this, but being the actual family member putting the signatures on paper to withhold life support is much tougher.  I think I have grown as a person and certainly as a chaplain through what we went through today.  It’s been tough, but we’ll get through it . . .

Taken on: May 3, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D300S, f/4.2, 1/40 sec, 34mm (=51mm), ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300S
Aperture:	f/4.2
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	34mm (35mm equivalent: 51mm)
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 Windows
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