"It's Okay"
I was awakened by the ringing of my cell phone. I tried to kid myself that maybe my wife, Heather, just has an important question, or an update...or great news!... I hesitantly answered. "Hello?" I answered. "Baby?" I could hear Heather trying to speak through her tears. "...I'm sorry..." She then began to openly sob into the phone. Dad was not going to recover in this life. I knew it now. I had to finally accept it. After five torturous days of being on a ventilator, God had ended his suffering with Covid and taken him to his Eternal home. "You need to say good-bye to your Dad," she explained. She placed the phone as close to Dad's ear as possible. "...Daddy?" I started to cry uncontrollably. "Daddy, it's me. It's Brian." Silence. "Daddy, it's okay! It's okay. You don't have to fight anymore. You can go be with Jesus." ...There is a scene in the movie, Warrior, where the brothers are ha...