Good-bye Grandpa ♥

As hours turn into days and days turn into years, time fades away and the season of life comes to a close. In a moment, the world is changed. There are days filled with sorrow, tears of pain, and the word...good-bye.

One day, a little over a week ago, I had awakened to see soft rays of light gently flickering through the window and birds singing their joyous good-morning songs. The beauty of the morning seemed to hold the promise of a wonderful day ahead...thoughts that were replaced by tears of sadness once I heard the words that grandpa was gone.

I saw myself as a little girl wearing the cowboy boots my grandparents had given me, gathering freshly-laid chicken eggs, picking strawberries, eating handfuls of M & M's and playing with kitties.  

I imagined my life without grandpa.  How I'd never again see him sitting in his chair watching the news, smell the smoky scent of his cigarettes, or eat the hodgepodge of items that he would make for lunch.  How there would be no more little bits of teasing, hugs good-bye...or even hello.

Last week, I went out West to say a tearful farewell and see him one last time.  I gazed at his face...I thought about him and grandma and the farm that held so many memories...and then I said good-bye.

I like to imagine that grandpa is like the little seed of a well-loved plant that was whisked away in the wind. Gently carried along in the breeze, he lands softly and begins to grow in beautiful place unseen by my eyes, heaven...the home of his new everlasting life.

Sending you my love, grandpa ♥

xoxo