Switiching gears....my precious Papa is about to meet Jesus soon and see Granny. His doctor has given him 1-3 weeks (his cancer has come back) and he is not eating. So yesterday we went to see him and say goodbye. I explained everything to Em and Austin and gave them the choice to go and see him. They wanted to go. It was so hard....it just broke my heart. It took him a minute to reconize me and then he held my hands and pulled me into a hug. I wish you could of seen his face light up when he saw Em, Austin, and Christian. I am sad that Christian is too young to remember him. I know he is ready to go but it is hard to let him go. He fought in WWII, Vietnam, graduated from the FBI academy and has been police chief of three towns here in Alabama. He joined the army when he was a teenager and lied about his age....sometime during that he meet Patton who found out his age and sent him home....he went the next day and joined the National Guard....LOL....he was determined!!! He and Granny met during the war when he was wounded and she was a nurse (she grew up in England)...and he had to fight to bring her to the US to get married. I wish I could of written down all of his stories....but I guess I thought I always had time and then sadly life gets in the way. He has always loved me and treated me like his own. (I was "adopted" when I was 19 in college by a christian family which included Papa and Granny-long story there) Thankfully I have gotten to say goodbye and I know I will see him again someday.
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I ma so sorry you had to say goodbye to your papa. I know how much it hurts I am saying a prayer for you and your sweet children. We are ending school this week and I am so thankful for the much needed break. Big hugs and prayers coming your way.
Thank you Tesha!!!
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