My thoughts and desires..............

Its been way too long since the last one and so much has been going since Oct. 21.

First my grandfather died on the 5th of Nov., went to NC for the funeral.
That's the third death in the past six months in the same family. Btw, that is my father's family.
Here's the link to the post I wrote about the other two deaths:
http://godsspecialchild.blogspot.com/2007/10/insights-on-two-deaths.html

Not much I can say about the latest funeral, but I cried. I couldn't help it.
My grandfather was so much a part of my life when i was little 'cause he was my father's father. And even a couple of thanksgivings ago, we'd go to their house and have food and my favorite pie, pumpkin pie. We don't do that anymore 'cause they got old and were moved in a nursing home. My grandmother is still holding strong.
My dad told me that she was waiting for her husband to go before she did 'cause she probably knew he was going to go before she was.
She's a very strong Christian and has also wanted the best for her grandchildren.

Also at the funeral we heard "Amazing Grace" and "Taps" 'cause he was in the Army.
During the memorial part of it, we sang "That Old Rugged Cross" which I guess is a family favorite 'cause my dad loves that song.

It was weird to see my cousins and every time we see them, we never talk to them. But this time it was different. We talked about different things; school mostly, college and grade school.
When you see people cry, its not the greatest thing in the world especially if its men.
I was sitting next to my cousin and he cry almost the entire service. I don't know how he survived his brother (the cousin that I mentioned above)'s funeral. It must have been heart-wrenching.
But it was heart-wrenching to see him cry at our grandfather's funeral.
People cry differently at different things, so I'm not suggesting that its a bad thing to see someone cry.

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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and this year (like the past 10 years), it will be just the five of us this year.
Its ok not to have family but sometimes its hard.
My relatives are way too far away, so we are not going up there to see them.
They have their own families to say hi too.

Thanksgiving and Christmas is hard 'cause every year for the past 7-10 years its just been the five of us..........since none of my family lives down here, its hard.

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And for those of you who don't know, I got a job. Its not a bad job, but its hard to get back in the work mode after 8 months of looking. If you want to know what I do (since I don't want to write it on here), then email me and I will be glad to tell you.
Also my finger is healing just nicely. Also for the people that don't know, I cut my finger with scissors at work and had to get three stitches. This past Sunday I got them out so now they're healy nicely. Never had stitches before, so it was an adventure to say the least.



And that's about for today........sorry its long but I have so much to talk about.............

Sarah :)