Post by redlipz on Feb 17, 2015 13:56:35 GMT -5
Last night as I had just got done booking my flight to Mexico to say my goodbyes to my granddaddy and best friend while he was still alive, I got a message telling me he had just passed.
9 of his 10 kids are able to attend his services except for one, my mom. So as everyone hurried to the airport I decided it was best for me to stay with my mom not just for her but selfishly enough it's for me as well. That's not how I want to remember my best friend. I wanted to be there to help him pass and I wasn't able to. I feel like I failed him.
I had one request for my cousin, to place a white rose on him and tell him that I love him with all my hear and soul. And she did just that, she also sent me a picture of it which just made it that much more real for me. I also requested that nobody move it from there. In Mexico they put glass on the coffin so you are not able to touch them and the rise was placed on top of the glass so I was concerned someone will move it.
In December I was fortunate enough to go visit him and at that point he didn't remember who I was, I was there for a week and wouldn't remember me. I was her favorite granddaughter and he didn't remember me. When I was 15 I loved with my grandparents for a year and a half and every night before bed I would tuck him into bed and give him a blessing and tons of kisses. I continued to do that on my weeks visit and one of the last days as I tucked him in he said "la quiero mucho mucho, que no se le olvide" (I love you a lot a lot, don't forget) that night I know he remembered me and I know it was his goodbye to me. On this stay he also mentioned to me that there was much more beautiful lands than these, he is now on those lands and I'm terribly missing him on these.
Please pray for my family as we have lost our King.
9 of his 10 kids are able to attend his services except for one, my mom. So as everyone hurried to the airport I decided it was best for me to stay with my mom not just for her but selfishly enough it's for me as well. That's not how I want to remember my best friend. I wanted to be there to help him pass and I wasn't able to. I feel like I failed him.
I had one request for my cousin, to place a white rose on him and tell him that I love him with all my hear and soul. And she did just that, she also sent me a picture of it which just made it that much more real for me. I also requested that nobody move it from there. In Mexico they put glass on the coffin so you are not able to touch them and the rise was placed on top of the glass so I was concerned someone will move it.
In December I was fortunate enough to go visit him and at that point he didn't remember who I was, I was there for a week and wouldn't remember me. I was her favorite granddaughter and he didn't remember me. When I was 15 I loved with my grandparents for a year and a half and every night before bed I would tuck him into bed and give him a blessing and tons of kisses. I continued to do that on my weeks visit and one of the last days as I tucked him in he said "la quiero mucho mucho, que no se le olvide" (I love you a lot a lot, don't forget) that night I know he remembered me and I know it was his goodbye to me. On this stay he also mentioned to me that there was much more beautiful lands than these, he is now on those lands and I'm terribly missing him on these.
Please pray for my family as we have lost our King.