Latricia Thomas' father had been ailing for about 10 years and passed away recently. But during his final days, her father experienced something incredibly beautiful...almost a miracle. Thomas shared the experience on the Internet, and it has gone viral.
Thomas said that her father loved hunting early in life. With the passage of time, he chose to shoot animals with a camera instead of a gun. The old man inculcated his love for wildlife among his children and grandchildren.
She added that her father met a deer a couple of weeks before his demise. "It was gorgeous, a 10 point with six spikes on one side and four on the other. He came to the window where Daddy was sitting in his favorite chair and looked in, right at him. A few minutes later, he was on the porch, literally nudging the handle to try and get in. Daddy stood up, in a rare surge of energy for those final days, opened the door and held his hand out. And that deer, which he'd never seen before, relaxed under his hand and let my Daddy pet him. A wild animal who, for just a few minutes, was as tame as a dog raised from a puppy," she said, reported Link Beef.
"My daddy looked at him, and he looked at Daddy and Daddy simply said 'I'm ready.'"
Thomas goes on to explain that her father uttering those two words were significant. He had seen the ups and downs of life, having battled with disease and welcomed children and grandchildren, and he was ready to meet his maker once he met the buck.
Once her father finished interacting with the buck, Thomas went out to see it with her brother and sister. "He nuzzled each one of us, putting his head on our shoulder and licking our faces. The whole time, he never startled or jerked. When we came inside Daddy said 'you don't understand. That was my Daddy, come to take me home. He just wanted some time to see his grandkids after 30 years.'"
Thomas describes her father as being more peaceful in the hours after the encounter than she had seen him in months. Before the deer ran back into the wilderness, her father said, "He'll be back, one more time," according to Paw My Gosh.
Thomas's father passed away two days after the incident. Thomas shared her experience with a hospice nurse and showed him a photograph of the deer with her father.
The moment the nurse saw the deer, he said, "I just saw that same Buck walking a circle around this house,"" reported Link Beef.
Thomas feels that she has been a part of a miracle. "He had come, one more time, to take Daddy home. It's hard to describe what it feels like to witness a miracle. But seeing my Daddy, free from fear, in the days where we said goodbye is something I'll always be grateful for," she said, reported Reshare Worthy.
Such a simple, touching story.
