Through A Daughter's Eyes: Watching Dad's Valley of Cancer

1:56 p.m. - I prayed to God again and said I was grateful for His love and knew that He gives rest through the Atonement and to please let Dad have rest, for the Atonement to give him rest and for him to go home. 2:29 p.m.: Dad said, "Come on, Mom," and I think he was talking about Grandma Cameron. When Dr. Terry Smith was here earlier, he said that dying people spend a little bit of time in the Spirit world at a time and a bit in mortality...I wonder if that is what Dad is doing? He keeps saying "Come on..." 5:25 p.m.: I came by the hospital and let Dad listen to a recorded version of 'If You Could Hie to Kolob' that I sang. Jan and Pudge were here when I did that. Dad's getting closer to passing and I whispered "Please let go, Dad."

Mom and I went to Generations Funeral Home today and decided to have Dad at the funeral in a closed casket during the meet the family thing, which is from 1 to 1:40, and the funeral is at 2 and a food thing is after the funeral. The funeral home will come and take Dad after the funeral and cremate him. Chris from the funeral home sat down and helped us make a plan and showed us the basic casket, which will thankfully be closed with him in it...I will make the programs and give the history.