It's Just A Season
We just saw him last month at my brother in law's wedding. He was his usual self cracking jokes and being ornery. He wasn't feeling great then but it wasn't about him, it was about the wedding. He left to go home to Arizona a couple of days later and little did we know it would be the last time we spoke to him. This weekend we remembered my husband's grandfather who passed away. It's hard losing a loved one in general but especially during the holiday season. As I sat in the funeral mass yesterday, I listened to the message that the priest brought. He said It is just a season that we don't see our loved ones. Much like in the winter, things have to die and then come back in the spring. We will have a season of loss and grieving but we will have those memories close to us that help us grow and to remember him. While a loss is not something that you ever fully recover from, it does get better over time. Now we are in the season of Thanks and Giving...