On Sunday January 27th, 2007 my wonderful father William Moor Greenslade passed away. He was 76 years old. He passed from a coronary event while doctors were trying to intubate him for breathing.
He had been the victim of a violent crime in 1966, where he had been gun shot in the chest. My father never considered himself to be handicapped, in-fact, he cringed at the word.
in 2001, he suffered a massive stroke that atrophied his left side. He still insisted on getting out and about for morning breakfasts with his friends.
It became time for me to cancel my week's floor time, I needed to be with family for the funeral arrangements. I sent our office administrator an email explaining my situation.
My co-workers immediately began to offer their assistance in anyway they could. Deborah put out the idea of sending some flowers to the house. My mother was getting flowers, It was such a nice gesture to send me flowers. It came in a Proflowers.com box and addressed to me. I opened it up in-front of my family who had begun to fly in from all parts of the country. It was such an honor to me to say this is from my co-workers at my real estate office.
Dani and Nick came to my father's vigil service on Thursday evening to offer their support for me. It was great to see people who cared about me and how I was feeling. On the day of the funeral and the wake Ron and Linda from the office attended the ceremony and wake. It was a good feeling to me to have "my friends" surrounding me.
