tears

I put the kids to bed and was in talking with Don in our room when Rachel came in and wanted me to come back to her room. I walked in and saw a piece of paper with the words: I miss you and love you Grandpa. I was ok until she started crying. It brought me to tears. So we both sat together and cried and talked about grandpa and how cool it was that we have our own special angel in Heaven watching over us. I explained how we just have to make sure that we are righteous so we can be together as a family. We also talked about how every summer when we went home to visit she would always get up super early (she never was up as early as grandpa....no one was) and crawl up on grandpa's lap. Her little lip quivered and she said...now I won't be able to do that. But then she lit up and said...but I can still sit in his chair. YES...she can still sit in his chair. I am so grateful for family. I am thankful for my daughter and her sensitive side. Sometimes she comes to me and tells me that she cried on the bus because she was thinking of grandpa. We love our grandpa and we do miss him too. But it isn't the end. I know we will see him again and I KNOW that it will all be worth the wait.