Life left to go

I got home for fall free days two days ago (wed.). My friend jer told me he was going to see galen yesterday, and i thought i would really like to go. Galen has been in the hospital for 10 months ever since he got hit by a car, and things went from bad to worse in the hospital. He's about 65 years old.
I brought my book, crazy love because i knew he couldn't speak well. I knew i had seen it in a movie before where somebody read to someone but they couldn't talk. I can't remember which one it was. I asked my mom what i was like because she had gone before. She said it was intense. I didn't really know what that meant. I left the house and started driving.
I parked outside and met jer when i went in. We hugged in the elevator, and i asked him how galen is doing. He told me he'd be excited to see me, so that made me feel a lot more at ease. We walked off the elevator and down the hall towards galen's room. A woman yelled at us to get her some food and everyone laughed, so we did too.
I walked into galen's room and barely recognized him. They told me to put gloves on so i did. I went over to his side and held his hand and gave him a hug. He had no teeth, and whispered to me that my hair looked pretty. I said hi to the boys and we started talking, barely acknowledging where we were or what we were doing here. I finally got my book out of my bag, and asked galen if i could read him some of my book. He nodded yes, and i pick a random section. The author talked about how he could never relate to god because of the situation he had with his own dad. But when he became a father everything changed for him. The author talked about what it was like when he had his oldest daughter, and how much he loved her. I was glad because i was thinking about angela and ms. vickie, and i knew he was thinking about them too. He told me he liked my book, and i kept reading. The room was so hot.
The boys decided it was time to go, so they said goodbye and left the room and i told them i'd meet them. I went over to him, took off my gloves and held his hand and asked if i could pray for him. I prayed god would be with him, and that galen would always know god is right there. "Ye though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death we will fear no evil for god is with us." I said a little more, and closed with amen. He opened his eyes, and started gasping. He was crying, and i held his hand and rubbed his arm. He slowly, so slowly moved my hand up to his mouth and kissed my hand. I told him it was so great to see him and that i loved him, and hopefully i would see him again soon.
It was hard for me to type those last words.
I walked out of the room, and got ready to leave with the boys in the hall. I stepped back in to say goodbye, and i saw him wiping tears from his face. I waved goodbye and walked out, as tears filled up my eyes as we stepped on the elevator. Like I said to my mom, God is so good.
It feels like everything in life wants you to have a hard heart, that if you feel everything it will be almost too much. I think God wants us to feel everything, but when he's by our side we feel it a different way. I felt this a different way, and wasn't angry or upset when i left the hospital. I felt comforted and loved, and more overwhelmed that God was with me than ever before.