**I tend to use my blog as a journal......today is one of those days.
You know those days...those days where there's a special person in your life that you just would give anything in the world to have with you.
Well, there have been days these past 14 years where all I have wanted were my sweet Papaw's eyes looking at me and arms hugging me.
I could sit here and be a sap about how I miss my Papaw, but I'd rather admire him and speak so proudly of the man he was and the person I am because of him.
Let me start off by saying, if you know me...you know I have a special place in my heart for my sweet mama and irreplaceable Grandmommy. Those two women are the best that God has made, and today my heart aches more for them than it ever will for me.
I miss the man that called me his "little princess"...God, he was a good man, and he taught me to have a heart who cared...who cared about the people above me and the people below me. He taught me to help the people in need, because one day I might need help and he taught me to stand up for myself and for others if I knew they were being treated wrong.
As a 3rd grader, you don't know much about the world and that's where this story is special. I have continued to learn over the past 14 years what my Papaw wanted to teach me thanks to my amazing family who never lets his memory fade.
So on today, instead of being sad (even though I may be crying) because I can't have him here with me. I am going to step back and look...look at the magic that he started. A large majority of the people in my life that mean anything to me are thanks to HIM. He started this family, he chose my Grandmommy, he gave me my mama with a sweet heart who is my best friend, he raised my Uncle to be just like him and trust me that helps more than anything, my Uncle being like him gives me more of a comfort than anyone will ever know.
So yes, I miss my Papaw. And there are 500 times I wish he had been there over the past years and there are 1,000 more that I want him to be here for in the future but I've still got him with me. At night in my prayers and every rough day I have, I know he's looking down on me.
I'm thankful, grateful and any other word there is that I can express to God for the time I had with my Papaw and for keeping this family healthy and whole.
God is good. God just needed him a good man up there to help him bring a little happiness :) and trust me, 14 years ago today he picked the greatest man he could have. I believe in God and I know I will see my Papaw again one day. Lord, he would be proud of all that has gone on down here for the past few years. And I just hope I can continue to turn in to half the person that he is.
There are a few good men in the world, and one of them was my sweet Papaw. Sending lots of extra hugs and kisses to heaven today. What a good, good man.
You know those days...those days where there's a special person in your life that you just would give anything in the world to have with you.
Well, there have been days these past 14 years where all I have wanted were my sweet Papaw's eyes looking at me and arms hugging me.
I could sit here and be a sap about how I miss my Papaw, but I'd rather admire him and speak so proudly of the man he was and the person I am because of him.
Let me start off by saying, if you know me...you know I have a special place in my heart for my sweet mama and irreplaceable Grandmommy. Those two women are the best that God has made, and today my heart aches more for them than it ever will for me.
I miss the man that called me his "little princess"...God, he was a good man, and he taught me to have a heart who cared...who cared about the people above me and the people below me. He taught me to help the people in need, because one day I might need help and he taught me to stand up for myself and for others if I knew they were being treated wrong.
As a 3rd grader, you don't know much about the world and that's where this story is special. I have continued to learn over the past 14 years what my Papaw wanted to teach me thanks to my amazing family who never lets his memory fade.
So on today, instead of being sad (even though I may be crying) because I can't have him here with me. I am going to step back and look...look at the magic that he started. A large majority of the people in my life that mean anything to me are thanks to HIM. He started this family, he chose my Grandmommy, he gave me my mama with a sweet heart who is my best friend, he raised my Uncle to be just like him and trust me that helps more than anything, my Uncle being like him gives me more of a comfort than anyone will ever know.
So yes, I miss my Papaw. And there are 500 times I wish he had been there over the past years and there are 1,000 more that I want him to be here for in the future but I've still got him with me. At night in my prayers and every rough day I have, I know he's looking down on me.
I'm thankful, grateful and any other word there is that I can express to God for the time I had with my Papaw and for keeping this family healthy and whole.
God is good. God just needed him a good man up there to help him bring a little happiness :) and trust me, 14 years ago today he picked the greatest man he could have. I believe in God and I know I will see my Papaw again one day. Lord, he would be proud of all that has gone on down here for the past few years. And I just hope I can continue to turn in to half the person that he is.
There are a few good men in the world, and one of them was my sweet Papaw. Sending lots of extra hugs and kisses to heaven today. What a good, good man.
