Saying Goodbye

Today was Meemaw’s funeral. She was my dad’s mom. My grandpa is still living, and I am SO thankful for the 88 & 90 years they have been on this earth. If she would have lived about 3 more weeks, they would have been married for 70 years. That is a lifetime together 🥹

I was sad today having all of our family together and knowing that everyone was there except for her 😢 I was thinking about how much she would have loved seeing her great-grandsons in their sports coats 😌 The thing I will miss the most is talking to her. I would always make sure I had at least 20-30 min when I called her because we would talk about a little bit of everything. I’ve been sad these past few days because of all these things, but the thing that makes me the saddest is how much my Peepaw misses her! I’ve never seen anyone love, like my grandpa loved her. If we could all love like that, our world would be a better place.

He’s told us everything he loved about her – how she was the best wife & mother; how he loved her cooking. I bet he has said it a thousand times this week: She was the best cook 🥰

I’m thankful for love like this; thankful that we are able to love others, because Christ first loved us. No, my grandpa will never get over losing her. None of us will. Peepaw will always miss her & always be sad when he thinks about her being gone. But God promises to be with us. Psalms‬ ‭34‬:‭18‬ tells us: “The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.” He never leaves us. And He will comfort us ❤️

Because my grandparents both have a relationship with Christ, they will see each other again 🤍 But even better than that, they will see the One who saved them! That is our hope as Christians! While we are sad, we are also hopeful. This life is not all there is. We have heaven to look forward to one day.

“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live. Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”” ‭‭John‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬-‭26‬

Thankfully, for Christians, it really isn’t goodbye, it’s see you later….

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