It's finally over
Dad passed yesterday morning. His blood pressure simply dropped and he was gone. As far as I know, he went peacefully, without incident. He was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks. Now we are fighting the fight for ashes so that I can have Thomas with me to scatter Dad's ashes probably next summer. My stepmother won't give me a portion of the ashes because it "divides him up", so I am asking her to either let me have his ashes or to wait to scatter them until next summer. Now I have to wait. His funeral services are tomorrow in Texas. Meanwhile, I am back home.