The thought of losing a parent!

First I would like to say that I am sorry that I haven’t wrote anything in a couple days but by the end of this you will understand why.

I lost my mother in 1997 at the age of 52 she passed from a brain aneurysm. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss her. That was the first time I can remember my father crying. Then my father was lucky enough to find another wonderful lady and get engaged and spend 10 good years with her till she passed in November of last year of lung cancer. And the grieving process started all over again for him. And know on July 15th my father who is 74 years young. who lives next to me and always has supper with us decide to go for his daily walk done to the local deli and get his lottery. But lady luck had a different plan for him. He was hit by a car while crossing the road. I heard the police scanner say that somebody was hit and I knew it was him. I ran out of the house and looked down the street and saw my father on the ground. I get there and he was now sitting on the curb with blood all over his face and a big puddle on the ground. An image that I will never forget. He looks at me and says get my lottery tickets. They were on the ground and hood of the car. I kinda thought then that he may be ok but you never know for sure. They took him to a trauma center and my wife and I followed thinking the whole time that this really didn’t happen because I don’t think I could handle losing him. I know that we all die but also I know we don’t want it to happen. After all the testing he is a very lucky man he has some broken bones in his face, a slight break in his shoulder and a bunch of stitches on his face. Everything else like his brain and vital organs are fine just black and blue everywhere. Even the trauma surgeon came in to see him and said so Mr. Rush what did you fall off of a ladder? Dad says nope the hood of the car that hit me!

The whole time in the hospital he was more worried about the poor lady that hit him then himself. I will say that I also feel very bad for her I hope somebody has told her that he will be ok. The outpouring of prayers and well wishes was so overwhelming in a good way.  We brought him home yesterday afternoon and he is sore but is waiting to go for his walk to the deli soon. I do realize that the day will come when I will have to deal with the loss of my father but for now we will continue to enjoy every minute of every day to it’s fullest.

I hope you all have a great day and enjoy your family and friends!

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