**UPDATE** I wrote this way back on December 2, and for some reason, never published it. I thought I had! This will help you understand the next post.
On Sunday night, about 1:30 in the morning, I woke up to my cell phone ringing on the floor next to my side of the bed. I was in a deep sleep, so I'm sure it took awhile for it to actually wake me up.
I answered with a froggy "hello"? There was a man's voice on the other end that I couldn't really recognize and it sounded like it was a wrong number. He said "hello" back a couple of times, but wasn't responding to me.
So I hung up.
A few minutes later, it rang again and I had a feeling of dread come over me. Something has happened back home.
It was Erik, Huzz's brother. He said he didn't have good news. I handed the phone right to Stephen.
Since I could only hear one side of the conversation, I was confused. But, I thought I knew what the bad news was.
Stephen's Grandma Bonnie has been quite sick for the past several weeks. In and out of the hospital, and now permanently needing hospital care. It has been a worry for everyone, as his grandparents have lived in Iowa for over 30 years, and their home is about 2 1/2 hours away from any family. Stephen's aunt and uncle live in Omaha, which is the closest.
After talking to Erik for about 10 minutes, Stephen hung up the phone and was just quiet. I asked him what happened and he said that Grandpa had died.
What?
Thankfully, it looks like he died peacefully in his sleep, as his book was resting on his chest when Stephen's aunt went to wake him up on Sunday morning.
We are thankful for Grandpa's life.
I am thankful I was able to meet both Grandpa and Grandma Bruce before Stephen and I got married.
Stephen is shocked, as I'm sure the rest of the family is feeling this way, too. Please keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers. Making memorial service preparations, while taking good care of Grandma is a lot to deal with all at one time.
We are hoping we get to travel to Iowa to see Grandma while we are home in the US.
We will miss you, Grandpa. We hope you are dancing in heaven!
1 comment:
Beth,
I'm so sorry to hear this news. Praise the Lord that he seemed to have gone with little to no pain.
God must have had quite the construction crew working on the mansions in Heaven lately, because it's unfathomable to me how many He's called home so unexpectedly at this time of year. The ironic thing is that all the ones I know (at least three) have all been upstanding Christian men in the prime of their life. I like to think He's preparing his soldiers for his return and it was time for them to report to boot camp.
Hope you're adjusting okay to live back in the Big "K".
Brie
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