I'll Fly Away

April 8, 2011 started out as a normal day, but ended with our family saying goodbye to my dear Grandpa. Expected in the sense that death is expected at any time with a 92 year old, but so unexpected to me who had just chit chatted with him just a week before. It is difficult for me to walk into the cabin now and not see him snoozing in his recliner and waking up startled when I kiss him on the forehead to say hello. I will miss the hours of listening to him reminisce about his childhood and his war stories that he was so proud of.

I feel like there are so many things that I should say, but it makes me very sad to think of him right now. I'll Fly Away was a song that we sang at his funeral. I don't think I had ever heard it through all the way until then, but it cheers me up to hear it. I know my Grandpa is in a great place, which certainly helps, but my heart sure does have a big hole!