DaysLady
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My dad took us all on an amazing vacation last week. He had been looking forward to it all year. He booked it to celebrate my daughter's graduation and acceptance to college. This was her senior trip. We were all having the most amazing time. Wednesday night, our world flipped upside down. My daddy, only 64 years old, had a widow-maker heart attack and was flown by chopper to University of Tennessee Medical Center. His heart suffered too much damage and there was little chance he would survive without life support, which was against his wishes. With broken hearts, my mom, my sister and I had him removed from life support, and he passed away while we prayed over him, holding his hands at 3:39am on Thursday, June 15th.
He was the most amazing daddy. He was dad to everyone, every single one of my friends knew him as "Dad". He was really the best. We are all so broken and hurting. Please pray for us these next few weeks.
Because Dad's main point of the trip was our Thursday day at Dollywood, we still used the tickets he bought and tried our best to make some good memories on such a sad day. The park staff was so moved by our devotion to daddy's plans, that they comped our meals and really went out of their way to help us smile and have a good time at Dollywood. It was a very hard day. God is good, I'm so thankful it happened while we were all together, so that we could all be there with him in his final moments. How blessed we are to have had such an amazing dad. Tomorrow is Father's day, and in honor of my dad, if you still have yours, please hug him and tell him you love him.
My dad has always called me "Fred". When I was a very little girl, we were playing make-believe that we were the Flintstones. Dad had said he would be Fred Flintstone and I could be Wilma, and from what I am told, I pitched an ever-loving fit and insisted that I get to be Fred and he had to be Wilma. (Anyone that knew my dad knew that asking him to pretend to be a woman was hilarious in itself), but he did it, and we all laughed and laughed, and I've been "Fred" to him, since. My heart is so broken. I don't know how to be "Fred" without him, but I will always be his Fred.
God's love and peace to you all. I appreciate any prayers you can send my way. I am now home from this "vacation" and trying to process all that happened and all that we have to do in the next few weeks.
Take care friends,
Love, DaysLady (Stephanie, a.k.a. Fred) and as my signature has always read I'll always be a Daddy's girl.
He was the most amazing daddy. He was dad to everyone, every single one of my friends knew him as "Dad". He was really the best. We are all so broken and hurting. Please pray for us these next few weeks.
Because Dad's main point of the trip was our Thursday day at Dollywood, we still used the tickets he bought and tried our best to make some good memories on such a sad day. The park staff was so moved by our devotion to daddy's plans, that they comped our meals and really went out of their way to help us smile and have a good time at Dollywood. It was a very hard day. God is good, I'm so thankful it happened while we were all together, so that we could all be there with him in his final moments. How blessed we are to have had such an amazing dad. Tomorrow is Father's day, and in honor of my dad, if you still have yours, please hug him and tell him you love him.
My dad has always called me "Fred". When I was a very little girl, we were playing make-believe that we were the Flintstones. Dad had said he would be Fred Flintstone and I could be Wilma, and from what I am told, I pitched an ever-loving fit and insisted that I get to be Fred and he had to be Wilma. (Anyone that knew my dad knew that asking him to pretend to be a woman was hilarious in itself), but he did it, and we all laughed and laughed, and I've been "Fred" to him, since. My heart is so broken. I don't know how to be "Fred" without him, but I will always be his Fred.
God's love and peace to you all. I appreciate any prayers you can send my way. I am now home from this "vacation" and trying to process all that happened and all that we have to do in the next few weeks.
Take care friends,
Love, DaysLady (Stephanie, a.k.a. Fred) and as my signature has always read I'll always be a Daddy's girl.