Life thus far

Dear Blog readers;
So again I have not written for a while which I apologize for. A lot has happened. I will try to catch everyone up.
Around the end of June beginning of July my family packed up and moved to Virginia. I moved with them. After living out there for a month my mother received the news that her father (my Grandpa King) had been diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer and he wasn't doing very well. My mother and I flew out to Utah as soon as we could after we moved into the house we would be renting because we didn't know how long he would have with how bad of shape he was in. The whole time we were traveling I was praying that my Grandpa would hold on till my mom could make it out there to see him. I knew that if he didn't that she would beat herself up for the rest of her life for not coming out faster. We made it out and helped him.
While we were in Utah and things had settled down my mom suggested that I should see if I could still get free schooling in Utah. Turns out I could. So with two weeks of clothing I started the semester at UVU. I am glad I did.
My grandpa held on for five weeks after being diagnosed and was able to give all his children a father's blessing before he slowly slipped out of this life and into the next. My mom was again able to come out before my grandpa passed. My grandpa slipped peacefully into the next life with all his children all around him and his wife by his side.
I saw my grandpa the day before he died and I could tell his spirit wasn't in his body anymore. It was very hard for me to say the least. See my grandpa was like another father to me. While I was growing up my own father traveled a lot so when my dad couldn't come to a father daughter thing my grandpa would come in his place. There were times in my life were I saw my grandpa more than my own dad. (My dad is amazing though. He was traveling so much so he could provide for my family.) Thus I was very close to my grandpa.
My grandpa use to say that Pepsi and popcorn could heal anything. I remember having sleep overs at my grandparents house in Spring Lake and waking up to my grandpa making us kids breakfast while singing. He also loved horses very much. When ever I see a horse I first think of my grandpa (and then my own father). He also had a good sense of humor. Whenever we drove my a cemetery he would always say that the cemetery was the most popular place because people were dying to get in. He always had a butterscotch or tootsie roll or mint in his pocket for you. He also went to all his grand-children's events. I remember him coming to my first and only dance recital when I was very young. He always made you special and would break out into song out of no where. His most favorite song though was "Jingle Bells" which he would sing all year round.
It is still hard to realize that he is gone for now.
At his funeral almost all of his grandchildren sang "Love is Spoken Here". During all our rehearsals I did fine but the second I got on that stage and started singing I broke down and cried. His funeral was a beautiful service though. Especially with the nice touch of a pine coffin since my grandpa always said that he wanted to be buried in a pine box.
To this day I still start crying for no apparent reason. I heard that grief can sometimes come in waves which is so true.
Whenever I hear "See you in the funny papers" or "keep your nose clean" I automatically think of my grandpa since those were some of his favorite sayings.
On Tuesday it will be a little over a month since he died. I know he is in a better place and that he is still watching me and cheering me on.
That is all that has really happened in my life so far. I'm trying to live every minute to the fullest because you never know when your time will come.

Miracles do happen

At the end of last month my sister received a brand new baby through the miracle of adoption. It was finally finalized last Thursday and the baby is now ours for sure. I am so happy for my sister and her family. This has been a happy ending for sure for them. They are so in love with the baby. Greyson Ray is the baby boy’s name. He is the cutest little thing! I love him already and I haven’t even met him in person. My other nephew Harper is supposedly obsessed with being an older brother. He seriously loves his new little brother. He has been so cute with little Greyson. My sister loves every minute of holding Greyson. I haven’t seen her so happy in a long time. I doubt Greyson ever gets put down a lot. My brother in law also loves it.

I realize that a mother out there is struggling because she placed Greyson with my sister and her family. I want to publicly thank her. If it weren’t for her none of this would have happened. She was able to give my sister what I wasn’t able to, a baby. I take off my hat for her on being able to do this. It would be way too hard for me to do. It had to of taken a lot of love and courage. Thank you soooo much.

 

Happy news

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Life is great right now. Will post more another day.