This past week and weekend has been a very difficult weekend in our family. My father-in-law has been diagnosed with acute leukemia and it is very aggressive. He is 90 years old and even with treatment the best that could be hoped for is an extra week and it would be a hellish week. Both Nancy and I are only children. We have decided to have him transferred to hospice care. My daughter and family are going to be flying in this week. At this time the best guess is that he has a week or two.
In our adult faith class, the members had been talking about death and dying. One idea that came out of that was that we don't die we are promoted. When I think of my father-in-law, I truly believe he is being promoted. He has lived a wonderful life. He served our country in the south Pacific during WWII. He worked hard all of his life and was faithful to his church and to God. He loved baseball and football. He also enjoyed woodworking until later in life. He will be missed.
So over the next few days please keep my family in prayers.
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