"Hello, my father just died"

If you spent hours in the hospital watching your father die, would you go back to the motel at 2 a.m. and write out a description of his last moments and your thoughts?  John Piper did -- HERE.  It finishes with

It was 12:55 as I walked out of room 4326. Just before the elevators on the fourth floor in the lounge, a young man in his twenties was sitting alone listening to his iPod with headphones. I paused. Then I walked toward him. He stopped his music. Hello, my father just died. One of the greatest tributes I could pay to him is to ask you, Are you ready to meet God? “Yes, Sir.” That would make my father very happy. You know Jesus is the only way? “Yes, Sir.” Good. Thank you for letting me talk to you.