how can one picture bring so much emotion? for me, this one does...
i'm sad that my sweet girl will never know her pap-paw this side of Heaven. that this tombstone is the closest she will physically get to him. that he will not get to be there for birthdays, recitals, grandparent's days, graduations, ball games..... that he missed 4 birthdays already, her profession of faith, her Baptism, her first steps, her first words, her love for his favorite school..... it breaks my heart in two and makes me cry just typing this....
i'm happy that i had billy for a few years and was able to know him. i wasn't able to know him the way that i wish i did (he was diagnosed with cancer a few weeks after tommy and i started dating) but in the time i did, he was unbelievable to me. without a doubt one of the most giving and loving individuals i will ever know.
i'm glad that we are able to share stories of her pap-paw with her. stories of how much he loved his rebels. stories of what kind of grandfather he would be. stories of what he was like as a daddy. stories that make us laugh, cry, and just reflect on the man that was.
tommy looks at this picture and is speechless. he had said that he wanted a 3 generation picture and that the only way to get one was to take a picture of him and mary peyton by the tombstone.....
1 comment:
sounds just like grandmother mamie. at least he got to meet my mamie and love her to no end. other grandparents had passed on before getting to know my mamie. then nolan comes along and didn't get to meet any of them. i feel the same way as your post. we talk about them very often...
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