So sorry for your loss.
My parents were baptized in the 50's and were die hards. I presented the facts to my mom one day and she said she knew it was not true, but this is all she had after 40+ years. I accepted this and she accepted me. Many of her friends had breakdowns prior to their death. They could not accept dying in this world.
I purchased my mother a new house in 2000, October. Dementia hit my father severly as a result of the change. She was alone in a new city and cared for my dad by herself. She died 3 months later. The paramedic did not know how to open the door on the ambulance. She was in the cold for quite some time. She lost oxygen and went into a coma for nearly a month.
My JW wife could not make the meetings for months caring for my sick father. The witnesses said she should bring my dad despite his mental condition. People from bethel would give examples of New Yorkers that were under the same circumstances and were sooooo successful, because Jah blessed them. So encouraging.
My father said before entering a coma, this is the end.
The end of what dad?
This system of things!!
My dad could never speak again. He was in a coma for 21 days. Upon visiting him in a nursing home on Day 22, I touched his cold dead body. I cried and talked to him for an hour or more. The Nursing home called me 6 hours later to announce my dad was dead.
Faithful witnesses for over 90 years. Many assemblies, meetings and sacrafices made by the family for what?
A very unbeautiful death.
What an ending!!!!
I wish the best for you and pray that you have the strengh to carry on strong. We do not know where the road will lead, but dependence on God, prayer, photos and memories can be a sustaining food through this darkness.