In her Heart...awaits an Angel

Hospice nurse and social worker called this morning and asked to come over to talk with us about Lorrie's status. We told them that the past two days have been difficult because she was acting very confused and at times combative. We think that because her liver isn't processing like it should, it isn't cleansing her blood.
Consequently her ability to talk to us seems to have come to an end. They tell us that she can hear our words so we have been reading to her and talking about our life together and the wonderful times we have all enjoyed over the years. Friends and family were notified this morning that the nurse says she could live anywhere from 2 hours to a few days. With Alicia laying at her side all day our friends and family have gathered around her bedside to show her love and compassion. With her favorite Christian music being broadcast from the stereo and everyone around her talking to her, we knew she realized we were all there for her. I had asked that everyone leave the room so that Colby, Alicia, Linda and I could have a few minutes alone to talk to her. Being told so many times from others who had walked through the fire with their loved ones before us that a time will come when it's time to say those words that will forever etch themselves in your memory. You have fought a great fight honey but you dont have to fight anymore. Lorrie had talked just a few short weeks ago about God's possible other plans and how she wasn't afraid to die but her concern was that how hard it was going to be on us when she left. Knowing that she could hear me from what the nurse at Hospice told me, I told her that we were all going to be OK and that we will have the most amazing reunion some day soon in heaven and not worry about anything because we will be there soon. With my kids and her mom around her we all had a moment to tell her how wonderful she was and how much we loved her. As I looked down at this amazing woman whose body had been ravaged by this horrible disease, I couldn't believe that this day had come. For three years we were convinced that if we continued to pray and believe that she would beat this evil dragon that was destroying her body each day that we could tell everyone we met that this woman was a miracle and that God had delivered her from it. Now looking down at her surrounded by her children and mother at her side I realized that I was looking at a miracle right in front of me. The woman that had touched so many hearts of people far and near and that had truly cared about everyone she met, knew she had beaten death. Still late at night now she continues to fight the fight with Alicia at her side. We all know for sure that soon this illness will release it's hold on this beautiful soul and the pain will be no more and in the twinkling of an eye, she will be with our Lord in heaven.