I graduated. I'm done with high school! yay! I went to orientation and I got super excited about going. Came back and I've been working and hanging out with my friends. I even get to go to big kid bible study with Titus! I really love hearing him speak. Been helping at Firehouse, which has been a blast. And I've been busy getting ready to go off to Tally. Don't get me wrong, I want to go, but I don't really want to go this soon. :( But it should be an exciting time!
This past Thursday, my grandpa passed away and went to be with Jesus. It really took me by surprise because he got worse so fast. From late Tuesday afternoon to Thursday evening, I've felt so many different emotions. We thought he would be ok, then it just started plunging downwards. I've been really upset. My grandpa was my best friend, supporter, and in my eyes, he was my father. He always helped with anything that I needed, homework, sports...anything! He'd always set time aside to play cards with my younger cousins and he'd help us older ones in the more complicating games. He was always my personal coach, even when he didn't really know much about the sport I was playing. He was such a brilliant man, yet not too brilliant to sit and talk with 5 and 6 year olds. He made time for all of us and cared deeply about us all. From schoolwork to life in general, he was always there. My uncle took a picture today because there were 5 of us in my grandpa's office working on stuff and calling people about houses and what not and wrote on it "How many people it takes to fill Dad's shoes". My grandpa was a very successful man and he made his life the best that it could be for my grandma and all of us grandkids and his own kids. When most people think of grandparents it's like oh just people I see on special occasions and don't really spend that much time with. Our family is very close and going one week with out seeing Grandma or Pops is my idea of TORTURE! It's going to take some getting used to. My mind really won't accept the fact that he's gone. Church today was hard. I cried. Everything Titus spoke about perfectly described my grandpa. Always making time to spend with kids/grandkids. Always going out of the way to help if we needed anything. He is a role model to me, my cousins, my aunts and uncles and my mom. We are all going to miss him so much.
I love you Pops!
His memorial service is the same day as Nathan and Casey's wedding, and I'm so sad I'm going to miss you both getting married but I love you two and congrats! Hopefully I'll make it back here since I'm not taking my car for the summer. Well I guess I'm going to go to bed now...Goodnight and I hope ya'll are having an awesome summer so far!
