This was a very emotional week. Last Saturday my dad had a major stroke and on Sunday Amanda and Remi were scheduled to get on a plane to see us. Amanda was debating whether she should get on the plane or stay there in case something happened. We told her that she should still come out to see us because we weren’t sure what was going to happen with her Grandpa. My dad ended up passing away on Monday and it was really difficult to handle being so far away but I was so thankful that Amanda was here with me. Even if we would have flown home, both my brothers said that my dad wouldn’t have even known I was there because he never woke up after the stroke. I really think God works in mysterious ways and this happened while Amanda was here so we could go through this difficult time together. It would have been awful if I was here and she was back in Colorado. and this happened. We went on and had a really nice week visiting the BVI’s because I know that’s what my dad would have wanted. We talked about him often over the week and all of the memories. We will have to make a trip back to Colorado in January because they are planning the memorial service then but for now I will remember all of the good times I had growing up with such a wonderful man for a father.
Then today I had to say goodbye to Amanda which was hard.As Kenny Chesney says “If I’m gonna be down, I’d rather be down, way down here”
This is a very old picture of my dad and Amanda but I love this one. |