Worshipping My Creator

The Day of the Funeral... What a day! We arrive at the church before the visitation around 9:30am-ish. As soon as I walked in to the Sanctuary there hanging on a easel was a tapestry blanket with a big picture of my Dad on it and it was Navy themed. It was beautiful! The funeral did that because my Dad was a veteran. Very sweet. Today the blanket is on my mother's bed at her assisted living home.  She has always adored that blanket and I don't blame her. It has her hubby bigger than life on it! We put up all the photos my family had prepared for this day and what did I do? I forgot the flowers for the family to put on the casket at the grave site! I believe Donovan saved the day and went and got some from the local grocery store. It was really different seeing my dad there at the church then at the funeral home the evening before. He just seemed more peaceful. He always wanted to get better so he could go back to church. He loved serving the Lord and telling others about Je

Grief. Just one word that says a whole lot. We all go through it at one time or another and we all deal with it in different ways. The loss of a loved one, a beloved pet, a job that you loved, moving, being hurt by another, the list could go on and on. The next job to do was get everything ready for the funeral. So I took mom to the funeral home and we proceeded to pick out the vault, casket, and all the things that you have to do when you are going to bury someone. It didn't really seem to phase mom. She just sat there while me and my niece looked at caskets and vaults. I really wonder what was going through her mind at that moment. What could she possibly be thinking about? I do know one thing, she wanted to see Dad. Mom finally seeing Dad the day before the funeral, What was going through my mind? That's the thing, I wouldn't let anything go through except for getting the job done that had to be done. I just couldn't think about what was really happening and