We love you, Papaw!

Mother's Day was a hard day. We spent all day at the hospital with Mike's family saying goodbye to Papaw. He found out in January that he had cancer all throughout his body and had been fighting it for the last four months. He was making all of us laugh right up until he took his last breath. He is home in Heaven now and we are so thankful he does not have to suffer anymore. When I told Ben that Papaw went to Heaven to live with Jesus his response was... "Awww, cool!" I just love a three year old's perspective...he can teach us a lot.

Papaw... Thank you for being such a wonderful grandpa to Mike (me too!). I loved how you would bring me a raisin bagel every Thursday morning because you knew I liked them...or how you would hug me and tell me I was pretty....or how you would read Mike and I crazy stories from the newspaper on our way out the door in the morning...or how we'd come home from work and find something in our house, that we didn't even know was broken, fixed. :) The one thing I will miss the most though... is the special role you've played in Benny's life. He loved each week over the last four years when you and Mamaw would come to watch him. You played with him and loved him and you and Mamaw made it much easier for me to go to work because I knew he was in good hands. I'm so thankful that Natalie got to meet her Papaw too. You are so loved and will be missed more than you know. Thank you for blessing our lives. We love you and we know we will see you again!