It's funny the things we think about when we're sleeping...this morning I opened my eyes and lay there thinking about my grandparents. I was thinking about how Poppy would love Kevin, how he would love it up here...how happy he would be that I was happy. I often think about what my kids missed out on not having Poppy in their life...their lives would have been altered, in a good way… if they had him in the the way I did. My grandma played a life shaping role in my life as well. I spent alot of time with both of them, they were like a comfort food...like fresh sheets off the clothes line, like ginger snaps before bedtime. It was tough when Poppy died...he left way too soon, many things changed when he departed…we lost a key player in our family. Grandma is 90, it will be easier when she goes...I'm more grounded in my faith and although I love her BIG...I will be happy for her on the day Jesus takes her home with Him. I have a lot to be thankful for in my life as a granddaughter. I had a prayer warrior in Poppy...I have no doubt that who I am in Christ is because of the seeds he planted in me, because of the way he watered my relationship with Christ. I'm grateful to them for many things but no gift is a valuable as showing me how to live with the presence of God in my life…they taught me by example. God knew what he was doing when he created the relationship between grandparent and grandchild….I hope I am the kind of blessing to my kids in the way my grandparents were a blessing to my mom. I want to be MY grandma to my grandchildren, nothing in my life was more comforting than being in her arms. Unconditional love is something that never leaves you, even when the givers of that love do.
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