Took A Sign Poem

In February 2004, I just got transferred to Aviano AB, Italy. After only being there for two weeks I got an email from my mom with some very unfortunate news. She told me that my father had stage four, cancer and only a few months left to live. This was a very difficult time since I did not have any time off to go home and I just started my qualification training. On top of that my father’s last wish was for none of his children to see him in this condition and wanted us to remember him as the strong man that he was. The poem “I Took It as a Sign”, relates to the struggle I had to face with because of my faith as a Roman Catholic being tested as I was going through this challenge in my life.
The first line someone sent a band to my house,
For me, it was the struggle I was going to have to face with the death of my father. Finally, after struggling with whether or not to comply with my father’s last wish I chose to go home against his wish. I arrived with just enough time to help comfort my mom and see my father. Three days after being home my father passed. This was the most difficult situation that my family had to face and we all had to support one another. My faith was tested not just because of the loss of my father, but also the Catholic Church we had my father’s funeral at refused to do last rights. If you don’t’ know anything about Roman Catholics you need all seven sacraments to go enter heaven. My father had all his sacraments, except last rights given to him. The next line, I took this as a sign, God wanted me to sing! (81), interpretation of this line is, we all have to accept the issue at hand so we get past the tragic event so we can heal and be happy. For me it was not so easy, I am ask god, will my father be allowed to go to heaven as approached his coffin at his viewing. I continued to ask the same question over and