Well I decided to break up the 2012 updates into separate posts, it is just too much to write in one long long long post. Also this particular post is very special and needs extra attention.
After we returned from our mission trip to the Dominican Republic, I found out that my Papa (my mom's father) was very sick and had been sent home with hospice care. I was able to go see my family and him one more time before he passed away on March 22, 2012.
He was one of the strongest and most loving men I've ever known and I think about him often. Now as I write this post, I think about my children not getting to meet him. Not getting to have peppermint fed to them in the hospital (he always had peppermint and let me suck on some the day after I was born) or not learning what it feels like when a horse bites an apple (you know that thing people do to your knee or leg). He was quite a prankster but also very loving, giving, and a servant of God. He was a wonderful grandfather, it was a privilege to be his granddaughter! I find comfort in remember old stories about him and knowing that he is in Heaven now singing with the angels and working in God's garden (two of his favorite things)!
Here is one of his favorite poems:
We love and miss you Papa!
We love and miss you Papa!
No comments:
Post a Comment