Eddie LoVe: WHAT A REUNION THAT MUST BE!

Monday, August 6, 2012

WHAT A REUNION THAT MUST BE!

Wow! This past week has been a busy one! Bittersweet! We got a text from my mom last friday around noon that said, "Grandpa Bell is not doing well...he is dying. We are flying home so dad and I can say goodbye...looking forward to seeing you all." I was in shock. We knew my grandpa has been sick, but no one in my family knew the extent of how sick he truly was....he had Congestive Heart Failure and it had finally gotten so bad as he was not being monitored at home with his medicine. I immediately began to pack so we could head to Pocatello that day when Beau got off work to head to say our goodbye to my sweet grandpa....only to get a text at 5:30 saying he had passed. I began to cry because my first thought...."my poor dad....he didn't make it from Texas to say goodbye." Then I got this peaceful feeling, "He is with his sweetheart." My dear grandpa wanted nothing more than to be with my sweet grandma since she passed. What a great reunion that must be between them. I am so happy that he is with his sweetheart. I will miss him....his humor, his prayers, his hugs, and more, but he is in a much much better place and I am grateful for my Father in Heaven and his plan. My dad made it possible for me to sing at my grandpa's funeral and I am so grateful for the opportunity. The military also came and did a military service at the burial and it was amazing. What a neat and new experience that was....I am grateful my grandpa served in the military. We were blessed with so many tender mercies this past week...due to my grandpa's passing my parents mission president sent them home for a week and they were blessed as it happened to be the week Brennan was going through the temple to recieve his endowments and we were also blessing our sweet Callie Jane....tender mercy. I am so grateful for this past week and all the joys we were able to have as a family. I am so proud of my sweet parents...especially my dad. He is a wonderful man. There has been lots of contention over material things and he has handled it so well. I am proud he is my dad. I love you.