{"id":5358,"date":"2024-02-22T21:59:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T02:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2024-02-22T21:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T02:59:45","slug":"the-lord-is-near-the-broken-hearted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2024\/the-lord-is-near-the-broken-hearted\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord is Near the Broken Hearted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I shared in an earlier post<\/a> that my father was unexpectedly diagnosed with aggressive stage 4 lung cancer in December. Our family went back to see him in January and I had plans to go to see him again in March. On Sunday he was admitted into the hospital with pneumonia and on Wednesday he passed away peacefully in the ICU with my brother holding his hand. I have a flight booked to arrive in Arizona on Sunday but he went faster than any of us expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words are hard right now. For decades, my father lived with chronic pain from a spinal cord condition and now he’s finally free from suffering. But I miss him. I wanted more time with him. I wasn’t ready for him to go. I’ll let pictures speak for me because the words are hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I appreciate all of your thoughts, prayers, and comments. I may not be very responsive – because words are hard – but I appreciate you during this very sad time for me. The MCC team here made me a lovely card with Psalm 34:18 on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I shared in an earlier post that my father was unexpectedly diagnosed with aggressive stage 4 lung cancer in December. Our family went back to see him in January and I had plans to go to see him again in March. On Sunday he was admitted into the hospital with pneumonia and on Wednesday he… <\/p>\n

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