First off I want to say I'm sorry for not blogging in a while, it's hard to think of things to write sometimes.
So a lot has happened since I last posted but most recently my family and I experienced a loss of a family member, my great grandma. She was 99 years old and she was an amazing woman of God. She touched a lot lives including mine. I'm grateful for the 15 years I got to know her and I will never forget her. She was a really sweet woman.
This week I was in her hometown to be with my family to gather around and remember her life. There was one thing that stood out to me was who I was with when I was going though the week. I was with people who I'm not usually with. I was with my family. Now I'm not talking about my parents or siblings, I'm always with them though out the week but I with cousins, uncles, aunts, and even some people who I had never met before. Which to me, was really cool. I love all of them. I really enjoyed seeing all of them.
Now I have been though a lot of heart aches in my life, everything from rejection to people leaving. But this one was different, I felt like I was surrounded by people who were all taking it differently but were going though the same thing at the same time. I feel like I'm not making any sense right now, and I might not be this is really hard to describe. But it was really interesting to see and feel.
Over this trip, I had two really cool memories that really impacted me. The first was after dark and my aunt and uncle, some cousins, and my family were all sitting outside and we were all making s'mores and to me it was really cool to watch and just observe because even though we all just had some we loved cross from this side of eternity into the next. We were all laughing and simply having fun, and in that moment even though I was really sad and upset I knew that God was in control of it all and He had reasons for taking grandma when He did and now she is praising her Maker and King, and that's powerful.
The second memory that I love is after we buried grandma and we all went to one of my uncle's and aunt's house for lunch and after lunch my mom, one of my cousins, and I sat down and we got look though a memory book that grandma made for that day. Some of the things that we read made us laugh hard but there were others that made us tear up. This was really cool because I learned a lot about my family history but it also got to thinking that life is short and how someone can make a big impact on many people. It got me thinking about what God has for me. It was really cool.
That's all I got to say for now.
Thanks for reading!!!!
For His Glory,
David W.
