I dropped everything and flew home, to say goodbye.
It surprised me, surprised everyone I suppose. He’d been
doing really well lately, and while we knew there was a possibility, we never
expected his time might come so suddenly.
I barely had time to return.
The rest of the family came too, of course, to pay respects
and tell him we loved him before he went, to gather and witness his final
moments.
“Goodbye.” We said.
“Goodbye.” He replied, waving. Then turned and strode,
grinning, up the gangway onto the ark-ship, never to be seen by anyone on earth
again…
