Grandma's Funeral

Yesterday was one of the hardest days of my life... Saying goodbye yet celebrating my grandma's life! I still can't not cry when I think about it, I honestly don't know how long that will last. Life must go on... I thank the Lord she was saved and knew the Lord very well. My Grandpa was buried in a military grave yard next to the minneapolis airport, and my Grandma was buried right above Him. They have the same head stone, one of them engraved on both sides. I'm glad they are together :). My little brother Matt had never gotten to visit our Grandpa's grave, so we went there after the ceremony to visit him, and lay white roses on their grave! Now when I come to visit, I can stop by and see them each time.

It was a long day, but spent wisely! I enjoyed the company of all my family and could feel the love and support from each one. The children were a joy to be around :)!

Today, we are going to be raiding my Grandma's apartment for momentums!! I know there will be a few things that I really would like to have. But when I walked in the other night it was really hard not to see my Grandma's smiling face greet me. I suppose I'll be in a mist of tears again all day!!

We are having dinner with family, and will probably be going to Rochester, MN with my Mom tomorrow my sister lives there with her family.

Here are the verses my Uncle Gaylin shared at my Grandma's funeral: John 11:25-26  Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live; And every one who lives and believes into Me shall by no means die forever. Do you believe this?

I love my family!!

Well it's been a LONG day but I though I'd just write a little something while it's fresh on the mind!! I'm in Minneapolis, MN, arrived safely last night at around 1am, after visiting with my sister Alissa and her daughter Nora in Rochester for a couple hours :)!! Pics to follow!

Today we woke up early my cousin Jody and I had some great catching up time (I was just here in July and spent a week with him, so it wasnt too much)! Then off to my grandmothers wake :'(... I loved my grandmother very much and it was hard to see her body just laying there without her really there. Death is a natural thing and it comes to us all when the Lord God chooses to take us from this world and into His!!

Here is a poem that made me cry yet again:
"I'm free"
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free
I'm following the path that God has laid you see.
I took His hand when I heard His call
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play
Tasks left undone must stay that way
I've found the peace at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joys
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Ah yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow.
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My lifes been full I savored much,
Good friends, good times, a loved ones touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts and peace to thee
God wanted me now; He set me free.

Here are some verses I enjoyed today!

Psalms 143:8  Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You I trust. Make known to me the way on which I should walk, For to You I lift up my soul.

145:8  Jehovah is gracious and compassionate, Long-suffering and great in lovingkindness.

Then the peace of God will guard our hearts and our thoughts in Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:6-7).

After the viewing... Most the relatives went over to the older peoples apartment housing that was my Grandmother's last home here on earth. We had dinner together and just enjoyed eachothers company! I really love my family.... We are huge in number along with an abundance of love, it all started with my Grandma! I happened to need to go to my grandmothers apartment for blow up beds for my brothers to sleep on, and it was just a Erie felling of emptiness. It made me cry! I've never been there and not seen her smiling face greet me :'(... Just thinking about it makes me cry right now. I held it together around the family for the most part. I feel tomorrow will be very very emotional. Th funeral starts at 10am we as family have to be present at 9am. Lunch after for the family. Off to the grave site with a police escort. And back to Grandma's "home" for time with family again!

Alright, I'm off to bed.