I asked if I would be able to bring him home on hospice and care for him. “He won’t make it out the door,” the nurse said. “The level of oxygen he’s getting cannot be given on home health care.” So, I eagerly waited for Friday to see him, but that didn’t happen. He died Thursday morning at 4:00am.
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A Quirky Old Man
It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant, orange ball sliding into the blue ocean. Ed strolls along the beach to his favorite pier, Clutched in his bony hand was a bucket of shrimp. Ed walks out to the end of the pier, where it seems he has the world – devoid of fear and death – to himself. The glow of the sun is a golden bronze now. Everybody’s gone, except for a few joggers along the beach. Standing out on the end of the pier, Ed is alone with this thoughts…and his Read More
The Troubled Man
It was as though He looked across the Sea of Galilee and saw a very troubled man. He and His friends immediately got into a boat to go to the other side. After calming a horrendous storm by commanding the wind and the waves to be still, He and His friends pulled ashore safely. The troubled man wore no clothes and did not live in a house. He roamed the mountains and lived among the tombs, crying out and cutting himself. He was extremely strong and could not be chained or shackled. When the tormented man saw Him get out Read More