With Hope

We can cry with hope

We can say goodbye with hope

Because we know our goodbye is not the end

We can grieve with hope

Because we believe with hope

There's a place where we'll see your face again...

                                                      
                                                  {Steven Curtis Chapman "With Hope"}

 Death. Loss. Grief.

The finality of these three words strikes so much pain in me right now. They are words that I cannot escape. It is so difficult to face these circumstances when your life is forever changed by losing someone you love so much. Someone who was such a big part of your heart... Someone who is just irreplaceable.

We lost my grandfather this afternoon... I honestly cannot even believe that I'm writing these words, as I'm sitting here wiping the tears from my eyes and trying to stifle this excruciating pain in my heart. Mostly, my heart aches for my grandmother. I cannot even begin to imagine the loss that she has suffered. 

Soul mate. Father to her five children, one of whom he joined in Heaven today. Husband for over 60 years.

I know that life will go on for everyone... But the magnitude of this loss will be felt in my heart for a very long time. I feel so blessed to have had the privilege of calling him "Paw-Paw," and I am so proud to be able to help celebrate his life with my family.

Thank you for your outpouring of love, and all of the wonderful words you have said about his life.

...But it's now that I feel Your grace fall like rain

From every fingertip, washing away my pain.

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With Hope