breaking the news.......

By the time my dad arrived with S, my husband was there. Sometime before my sister got there I had called them and simply said, "I need you." The angel gave S some crayons and a coloring book and hub sat down on the floor with him to color.

I think telling my dad what was happening was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. He sat down across from me, and in my 'be strong mode' I told him step by step what had happened. He turned very pale, and for a moment I wasn't sure if he was going to cry or faint. He stood up, took some quarters from his pockets and went to the soda machine.

He said this was the last the thing he ever expected to hear today. Then he handed me a Diet Coke because, "I looked like I needed it........."