Remembering my Posts on my Dearest Father

Papang peacefully died yesterday (January 7) night at 9 in private room #2 at the Zamboanga Sibugay Provincial Hospital, succumbing to his severe ulcer and complications in lungs and kidney. He stopped breathing a few moments after our family prayed the Holy Rosary, with the intention of accepting the will of the Heavenly Father. Here are the posts I wrote about him.

Father's Day - June 15, 2008
Papang's 60th Birthday - July 5, 2008
Papang's 62nd Birthday - July 5, 2010

Now, his wake is here home. The interment will be on January 14, 2012. It's a painful journey seeing my father inside the coffin but what I have in mind now is that his soul is far more essential. The body shall be reduced to dust but the spirit shall live for eternity.

I witnessed his last moments here, and I honestly say that he had a peaceful death. His breathing was as normal as sleeping, although it got slower and slower, until it stopped. I held his breast and realized that the heart ceased beating. He died, but he shall forever dwell in our hearts. We love our father very much; he is surely missed.