Dad’S Next New Home

By Debbie Baker

The words its unbearable, changed my life forever. One of the strongest men I have ever known, my dad, spoke them. Suddenly, everything in our life was changing. His struggle with stage-four lung cancer was so sad and difficult. Yet, at times, it was very loving and inspirational. Being aware you might not have much longer to live changes who you are as a person. Regrets are there, but you do not hold back on the good things in life. Little things such as taking your grandkids fishing come to your mind. Big things like saying I love you, to your adult children come out easier. Our family had good and bad, dark and light, in its history. Thank God the good and the light won out in my dads life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781490850054

Debbie Baker

Debbie Baker is a wife, mother, and grandmother who is the author of two other books. She lives contentedly in the Midwest, comforted in knowing she has always been watched over by an extraordinary and amazing Savior.

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ISBN: 978-1-4908-5004-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4908-5005-4 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014915578

WestBow Press rev. date: 10/10/2014

Contents

Synopsis

Introduction

1.    Getting Dad to the Local Hospital

2.    Dad’s Trip to a Larger Hospital

3.    Going Home from the Hospital

4.    The Test Results

5.    Dad’s Salvation

6.    Dad’s Next Home

7.    Treatments

8.    The End of the Treatments

9.    Another New Normal

10.   Calling in Hospice

11.   Father’s Day

12.   Painful Preparations

13.   Nearing the End

14.   Meet You in the Morning

15.   The Farewell

16.   Looking Back

17.   God’s Plan

Synopsis

The words it’s unbearable, changed my life forever. One of the strongest men I have ever known, my dad, spoke them. Suddenly, everything in our life was changing. His struggle with stage four-lung cancer was so sad and difficult. Yet, at times, it was very loving and inspirational. Being aware you might not have long to live changes who you are as a person. Regrets are there but you do not hold back on the good things in life. Little things as if I should have taken grandkids fishing come to your mind. Big things like saying I love you to adult children comes out easier. Our family had good and bad, dark and light, in its history. Thank God, the good and the light won out in my dad’s life.

Introduction

I witnessed God’s grace and strength during the hardest days of my life. I am just an ordinary person that does not have any special talent. I simply wanted to shout to the world what our God can do for us. I was afraid to write this book, afraid of failure and criticism from people. I had this feeling inside and I tried to reason it away. I would close my eyes to sleep, it was there, and when I would wake up it was still there.

Encouragement came in many different ways to help me along the way. One of the ways was a picture of Jesus knocking on the door.

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My dad bought it over fifty years ago. On the back of the picture was my mom’s name and