Chris' Blog

My Wife just recently loss her father we pay tribute to him with this blog.

January 12, 2012 my father ended his fight with Dementia and other health conditions that he struggled with. I took care of him in his home 24/7, for the last three years this has been my ministry.
During the last three months of his life I had to place him in an Adult care home, it was not an easy choice to make, but I no longer could meet his needs. I know now what it feels like to hopelessly watch someone you are dearly close to, depart from this earth; it is the most heart wrenching experience.
After all, I was his daughter and his care giver, and what an honor it was even though the stress felt unbearable. My father was not raised in the church, and just before he succumbed to Dementia in 2004, he gave his heart to the Lord, as I prayed with him. The very next day as he was admitted in the hospital, he was not the same. The Lord’s grace and the Lord’s small windows are always on time.
Even though I sit here writing this, and missing him I think about what 2 Corinthians 5:8 says
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8
I also think about the scripture in 2 Timothy.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7
My father fought the good fight he ran a good race and now he is resting in the arms of almighty God.
I found this poem I don’t know who wrote it, but this is a good poem. Maybe you lost your father, may this be a blessing to you like it was to me. I call this a tribute, to a great man.
Dads Poem

You never said “I'm leaving”
You never said “goodbye”
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knew why.

There are no words to tell you
Just what I feel inside
The shock, the hurt, the anger
Might gradually subside

A million times I'll need you
A million times I'll cry
If Love alone could have saved you
You never would have died

In Life I loved you dearly
In death I love you still
In my heart you hold a place
That no one could ever fill

It broke my heart to loose you
But you didn't go alone
For part of me went with you
The day God took you home

Things will never be the same
And all though it hurts so bad
I will smile whenever I hear your name
And be proud you were my Dad.

Blessings,
Claudette Moss