Lou's Clues: Goodbye, Father Dear


Leland B. Norwood, 1920-2015

This week I said goodbye to my dear Dad, Lee Norwood. He was 94 and his body just said I have to stop now. Dad was admitted to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Lomita, CA, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. He hadn't been feeling well for the past week or so, and his doctor sent him to the ER that day. I had just come home from a conference in Chicago at midnight the night before, but when I got a phone call I hurried down to the hospital in Lomita. Thus began a week of commuting from Sylmar to Lomita every day. In ICU the doctors and nurses did everything they could, and it was a lot! But by Saturday morning we knew the truth.

I rallied the troops and all Dad's closest family and friends were at his side to the end. I know this was God's plan for my Dad, and it was the best it could be. On Saturday we visited with Dad and talked to him a lot. I could tell he understood us because he looked at each one of us. His spirit went home to be with the Lord about 7 pm that evening.