(in the hospice)
As, I was sitting with my Dad
I heard the words
'Oh God', slide out of my Dad's mouth.
It surprised me,
since, my Dad believed 'the end' was 'the end".
One of my Aunt's wandered into the room
and, sat down.
Again, my dad said, "OH GOD"
and, I said,
"did you just hear what he said ?
he said that, just before you came into the room, now he is saying it again
perhaps, Dad is having some kind of internal dialogue
with The Creator."
To which, my aunt said,
"i think, its just an expression, and, you should NOT take any kind of meaning out of it"
Approximately three minutes later,
my father spoke again,
he said, "OH GOD".
I know, in the end,
my Dad was having a private meeting with The Creator
and, his final passing words have touched deeply into my heart
in a very rare and special way.
~ Susan Lynne Schwenger