Saturday, July 22
Geeeeeeeeez...
I go away for a couple of days and y'all up and move on me?
Hey stainers, this is irjanedoe2. Yeah, I had to get a new name 'cuz I got lost in registration hell! I have not read your posts yet.
The funeral was... well... like nothing I'd ever seen before (In a good way). Instead of giving a traditional eulogy the preacher read specific exerpts from my Grandmothers' journals, which she'd written and kept her entire adult life. He said he wanted my Granny to tell her own life story. And what a tale she told! She described events in her life... from the every day mundane to sublime joy and all the way to unbearable grief. And all the while her faith, gratitude and trust in her Lord remained constant. What a strong woman!
Brace yourselves for this... She actually wrote a letter to us, her family, in one of her journal entries. It was titled, "Don't mourn for me". It was a beautiful writing that echoed, but consolidated her journal writings. I lost it big time, when she told of how she was blessed to hold her grandbabies and to hear them say "I love you". Her ending words in that entry were, "I'd like to be missed... But don't mourn for me." and then something about being with her Lord that I can't remember to quote for you...
Bottom line... I'll miss my Granny so much, but am so glad she had a kind of celebration of her life and after life service instead of a sad mourning. She wanted that!
I had asked my "Granny" waaaaaaaaaay back when if I could have her journals, when she didn't need them anymore. I have an aweful lot of them now. The rest are with my Auntie. I wish I had them all, but they are where they are supposed to be.
Hugs,
Jane
P/S... My little dog died this week too. She was old but my constant companion. It's been a sad week.
Geeeeeeeeez...
I go away for a couple of days and y'all up and move on me?
Hey stainers, this is irjanedoe2. Yeah, I had to get a new name 'cuz I got lost in registration hell! I have not read your posts yet.
The funeral was... well... like nothing I'd ever seen before (In a good way). Instead of giving a traditional eulogy the preacher read specific exerpts from my Grandmothers' journals, which she'd written and kept her entire adult life. He said he wanted my Granny to tell her own life story. And what a tale she told! She described events in her life... from the every day mundane to sublime joy and all the way to unbearable grief. And all the while her faith, gratitude and trust in her Lord remained constant. What a strong woman!
Brace yourselves for this... She actually wrote a letter to us, her family, in one of her journal entries. It was titled, "Don't mourn for me". It was a beautiful writing that echoed, but consolidated her journal writings. I lost it big time, when she told of how she was blessed to hold her grandbabies and to hear them say "I love you". Her ending words in that entry were, "I'd like to be missed... But don't mourn for me." and then something about being with her Lord that I can't remember to quote for you...
Bottom line... I'll miss my Granny so much, but am so glad she had a kind of celebration of her life and after life service instead of a sad mourning. She wanted that!
I had asked my "Granny" waaaaaaaaaay back when if I could have her journals, when she didn't need them anymore. I have an aweful lot of them now. The rest are with my Auntie. I wish I had them all, but they are where they are supposed to be.
Hugs,
Jane
P/S... My little dog died this week too. She was old but my constant companion. It's been a sad week.
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