It was in the early morning of that Sunday when George, (Craig and I consider him a big brother) passed away from his sleep and never woke up! I saw mom's toughest moment...I should say one part in her life where it was one worst nightmare in reality mode! We all felt devastated and so shocked. It was never expected and never thought of this early for him to go.
That fateful day started with an early call from mom at 7am telling Craig that she couldn't wake him up and she was crying. Craig called an ambulance to go see them at their house, after which in a few minutes we have known from the ambulance people that George was already dead, approximately 2 hours ago when they checked his body.
We hurried out to get to their house and got there around 8am. His body was still in his room and I couldn't just control my tears. It was my very first time to see a dead body that died from sleep and I got mixed feelings that are so bad! We were having a good time the day before he died when we dropped a new dog for them (mom and George) and had been sharing good, happy talks about the dog. We could see, both of them were so excited and happy playing with the dog for the first time.
We never knew that was our last conversation with him that day! Ahh! it's a very heavy feeling. I told myself, now I knew the real feeling of having a family member you just see so often and all of a sudden he'll never make it up for another day of his life!
It was so heartbreaking to see mom sitting on the couch crying and hugging her new puppy whom she calls her "baby". It made us thought, the dog was really on time for her, the best therapeutic help that helped her calm down a little bit.
Then, we started to fix up our minds after the peak of shock mellowed down from us. It was then I have analyzed more about the importance of every breath given to us everyday....that life is so fragile so that we have to learn to live and appreciate one important blessing God is giving us every day whenever we still wake up every morning!
We know we all go there someday...it will just be a matter time. We have our own different time, but only God knows when. It was at this moment when we seriously thought that George's passing away was a "wake up call" that we need to make our life more meaningful while it is still there.
We are continously praying for George wherever he is right now. God knows everything and He knows what He is doing.
Lord bless his soul!