Yesterday at 10:45 AM Central Time we got the call I have been expecting for a number of years now.  My FIL passed yesterday AM.  He did it his way as he did most things.

He had a great conversation with  my Bride on Saturday  for an hour and they continued their unique bond.  She is his eldest of 4 though he is not her BioDad.  My MIL's first husband, my bride's BioDad, was killed in a single car accident a few days before my MIL found out she was pregnant with my bride.  My FIL and his family were close family friends with my MIL and her family.  When she returned home after her first DH's death FIL was there for her throughout her pregnancy and was in the delivery room when my bride was born.  She was the flower girl at their wedding when she was 2mos old.  She is truly his daughter and they have a much closer relationship than even my FIL and MIL had and far closer than the relationship with any of his three younger BKs.

Our son called his grandparents on Saturday evening and he and my FIL spoke for quite a while.  In  hind site I think Saturday was his day to say goodbye, express his love and prepare to go.  He was tired.  Years of  home dialysis, degrading cardio health, and inability to be the bullet proof get it done kind of guy that he was wore on him to the point where he was done.  His fear was dying at home and having my MIL find him and have to deal with it. So yesterday AM he woke up, took yet more Nitro to be able to get to the car, woke my MIL and told her he was having severe chest pains and to pull the car up to the front door and get him to the hospital.

He walked into the ER and immediately went into cardiac arrest.

His last act was to protect his wife from the trauma of his passing at home.

Thanks for blessing my world by sharing your incredible daughter with me and for making a place for me in your family.  Until we meet again Sir.

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