My Daddy

So last month when I blogged I mentioned a few things that I said I'd elaborate on later.

One of those was my Daddy's visit to Washington! So here it is.....

I had known for a while that Dad was going to come out. The first time I called him and told him about Jeff's Dad being sick with cancer he said to me "I'm going to check into a few things, and when the time gets closer, you let me know and I'll come out there." I was quite shocked really. That was in March. I kept Daddy updated about Joe's (Jeff's Dad) condition. Then in mid-May when we found out that Joe was going downhill fast I called Daddy again. I told him Joe probably only had days left. I was right. My Daddy flew out here on May 20 and on May 25 Joe passed away.

My Daddy and I know exactly what Jeff, Melissa, Joey and Pat were going through because my own mother passed away not quite a year earlier. It's been very hard to lose my own parent and then my father-in-law so soon after.

I believe, however, in my heart, that GOD had a huge hand in all of it. I know HE took them home to be with him and their own dearly missed family members. But at the same time I believe HE took my Mother so quickly so that I could be available to help take care of Joe and to help comfort Jeff and his family. It was truly a blessing in disguise.

Believing what my heart tells me has at times made losing my Mom a touch easier. Not a lot, but some. I'm not saying Jeff and his family couldn't have gotten through Joe's sickness without me, but I believe I helped make it easier for them.

I would, of course, do it all again....in a heart beat! I love my family dearly....ALL of them...my own and my in-laws. GOD could not have given me better family to love and take of!

~♥, Teri