M<\/span>y dad, Mark Lloyd Anderson, died a couple of weeks ago on 11\/25\/24. He had been sick with Parkinson\u2019s Disease for many years, having been diagnosed back in 2012.<\/p>\n In recent months he had become much more ill after a fall and a bad choking incident, and had been in the hospital and rehab facilities. A few weeks ago when they knew he wasn\u2019t getting better, they put my dad on hospice care.<\/p>\n After a week or two it became clear that his time was nearing an end. Thankfully we all had a chance to come and say our goodbyes, to give him one last hug and kiss, to sing some songs he loved and to let him know how much he meant to us.<\/p>\n The day after we said our goodbyes, my mom and a hospice music therapist were singing the song, \u201cCome Thou Fount of Every Blessing\u201d to my dad around 1:20pm in the afternoon. They noticed my dad\u2019s breathing was labored, and it seemed like he was stopping breathing every so often, but he would always start breathing after a pause.<\/p>\n They finished singing the song, which ends with these appropriate words:<\/p>\n Here\u2019s my heart After they had finished singing a visiting angel care attendant motioned that my dad had stopped breathing. They watched him, but he didn\u2019t resume breathing and passed at 1:24pm. It was like the words of the song were meant for us, and it was an acknowledgement that he was now in God\u2019s courts above, with his savior.<\/p>\n I\u2019m thankful that his last moments were peaceful, and that he was serenaded into heaven by my mother and the music therapist.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.biblemoneymatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/09142802\/mark-lloyd-anderson-remembrance-1024x576.jpg\"\/)
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