The reason Eric and I had to cancel Atlanta plans last minute was due to two gravely ill family members...and, around 8 pm this evening, my father transitioned...he had had a heart attack a month ago and never really fully recovered...then a week ago Saturday he had a stroke and fell in the bathroom...we were there Saturday to visit, and Dad looked really bad...confined to a hospital bed with hospice care...and his body started shutting down today...I was going to go down there this evening, but decided to wait until the morning...
My baby sister is also in a hospital bed at the same house and also on hospice care for pancreatic cancer...they told her a few weeks ago to start preparing for the end...sadly, I feel that once she hears Dad passed this morning in another room, she might slip quickly as well...needless to say, I have been total waterworks since seeing them both this past Saturday...