At peace

My dad slipped peacefully away yesterday afternoon, just after 2pm with my mum, my sister Loraynne, myself and Michael there with him to hold his hand, give him a cuddle and tell him how much we all love him. We knew yesterday morning that there was really nothing more which could be done, that further treatments would only prolong his suffering and so the oxygen mask which was distressing him was removed and his breathing gradually slowed and eventually stopped. His last conscious act was to give my mum a kiss, and then he gently slipped away and was gone.