SMITTY, We Miss You!!!

I have to share a story....Smitty, my kids GREAT GRANDPA passed away last year. He was a one of kind man, an incredible person. Our little Joslyn, since he passed away prays in EVER pray, anytime a day and asks for him to come back alive. It is the sweetest most tender prayer. She talks about him often and misses him ALWAYS.  Tonight she came in my room and said that she was missing Great Grandpa Smith, I gave her a hug and sent her back to bed. A few minutes later she was absolutely SOBBING and couldn't breathe because her heart missed him so much. I ran in her room and kneeled by her bed and we hugged. Her sister Rylee heard the discussions and brought in the program for Smitty's funeral, she had in her special box of things. On the front cover is a picture of Smitty and his wife Naoma, from the earlier years, inside is another picture of him younger. Joslyn took the program and started just sobbing again, she said, "I need a picture of the old Grandpa, my GREAT GRANDPA...I need to see him old." I ran into my computer found the pictures from his 90th birthday party, 2 years earlier. I printed off a picture of us with Smitty and took it into her. We taped it to her bed. She felt better and just kept touching the picture. We talked over and over again that we were going to see him again. Lots of questions were asked, many were answered.  

We said goodnight again, and 5 minutes later she was sobbing....what a sweet little spirit. She is now down in her Daddy's arms, who else better then a Daddy to love you, like his Grandpa use to love him. Hopefully she can be comforted and go to sleep. Sweet memories. I love a child's TENDER HEARTS!!!

On another note...Luke just came running in the room and looked up at Morgan in excitement and said, "Morgan you are Morgan, not a Zombie, I am so excited you are not a Zombie"..seriously, never a dull moment.