Yesterday was a day of an ending and a beginning in our family. It was filled with tears of joy and tears of sadness. Our life as we know it will forever be changed and I thank God for his wisdom and fullfilling his will for our family.
At 12:33pm yesterday, my father-in-law took his last breath on this earth. My husband, his son, was holding his hand, my mother-in-law was holding his other hand, and my sister-in-law was standing at the foot of his bed. Our minister was saying a prayer when he took his last breath. He went peacefully and calmly from this life into the next.
Our children and I had gone over earlier in the morning knowing that the end was near. His temperature had spiked up to 105 and hospice told us this was end stage and to be prepared for him leaving us soon. We were able to say our goodbyes and talked him through a video that we had made for our son who was graduating high school later in the day.
At 2pm yesterday, our son graduated high school. We have homeschooled and put together a small, but very nice graduation for him and another family who homeschooled. We had videos of the kids and the other graduate did a song to sign language. The youth minister said a short message and then our children were given the charge of learning to pray and keep God as their own.
Our son was unaware until after the graduation that his grandfather had passed on from this world. He was glad that we waited to tell him, but thankful that he saw him earlier in the day.
A short biography was read about our son at the graduation. Below is his biography and Bible verse that was read just before he graduated.
Michael was born August 3, 1992 weighing a whopping 3 pounds 10 ounces. He came home to his adoptive parents, David and Suzie, at two weeks of age with the expectation that he would someday learn to rollover. Learning to walk just before he turned two years old was nothing short of a miracle. His mom enrolled him in gymnastics the month he turned four just to “get some of his energy out.” That was the beginning of years of gymnastics including being a competitor in the Junior Nationals in 2006 and a member of the Southern California State team in 2008. After 10 years of competitions, traveling from Hawaii to Michigan, he finished his competitive career as a Level 10 gymnast in April 2010 in San Diego at the Region 1 Men’s Gymnastics Association competition. He will continue to be involved with gymnastics as a coach.
Michael attended the Marine Corp Devil Pup program at Camp Pendleton in August of 2009. His proudest moment was making it to the top of “Ol’ Smokey” and receiving his Devil Pup Challenge Coin.
Michael enjoys video recording and editing, skateboarding, playing guitar and drums, and spending time with friends, family, and especially his sister, Tricia.
He is inspired by Philippians 3:12-14.
“I do not mean that I am already as God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal, but I continue trying to reach it and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that, which is the reason he made me his. Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me through Christ to the life above.”
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