I had a good friend lose his dad today. He was his last living parent. He had texted his dad last night and not got a response. This morning he texted and noticed it looked like his phone wasn’t on. Then he called and it went straight to voicemail. He knew his dad never let his phone die.
He called police and had a welfare check done. The police said it looked like his dad had been sick and sleeping on the couch. He had a trash can by him that he had been getting sick in. It looked like he had gotten up to walk to the bathroom and collapsed. By the time the police arrived he had passed away.
Just last weekend he had told me he needed to do a better job calling his dad. He said his brother and sister didn’t call him much either and he was afraid if his dad died they wouldn’t find him for awhile. His dad was relatively young and in good shape. His wife has passed away from cancer just over two years ago. So he had moved to Florida and lived by himself.
My dad died over 10 years ago. Since that time I have called my mom every day other than maybe 10-20 days. Appreciate your loved ones while they are here. Call them. Check on them. Know what’s going on with them.
Sorry for the rant but hearing his dad passed away today and reading about elderly dying in their homes alone during the ice storm in Nashville has got me down.