He fell asleep

I had a sudden life changing event happen to me this morning. My close uncle has been sick for a while and he actually was admitted into the hospital last week. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Friday night I came home from work at about 9pm. My wife and I ate pizza, watched TV and went to sleep. My phone rang in the the middle of the night at about 3am. It was my father calling from the hospital telling me that my uncle fell asleep in death. I immediately felt a sharp pain in my chest. He wanted me to pick up my mother and meet him and my aunt at the hospital. My wife and I immediately got dressed and headed to my mothers and off to the hospital. We hot there and found the room where my aunt and my father were. We walked in and there my uncle's body was in the bed. This caught me off guard. My aunt was crying over him. My mother's eyes were glazing over. I felt my chest caving in as if an elephant was trampling on it. I hugged my aunt and listened to her express her last moments with him. We then stood speechless and decided to ask the nurses questions about the arrangements. Before we did that I asked that we prayed over this time of sorrow. Myself, my wife, my aunt, my mother and father all huddled together and I said a prayer. We wept for a few more minutes and then we left the room. My aunt wanted another minute alone. We then spoke with the nurses and left for my aunts house to inform her daughter and two grandchildren. This was a very sad moment.