Meet my hero: Grandma Great...
As you can see from this picture she is a champion of life. I want to be more like her. She loved life. She looked for the good in everyone and everything. She worked hard at the things that matter most. Nothing felt better than being in her presence, her love filled your soul. And she loved everyone.
She was 96 years old and finally returned to her heavenly home on April 30, 2012. I had the privilege of receiving her last wet kiss and helping her get cleaned up the night before she passed. I will never forget that. I will never forget her. She made a huge impact on my life through her example, strength and love. I am blessed to come from such an amazing heritage. I will miss her dearly.
But I will see her again. There is no doubt in my mind. She isn't gone, she is simply in a different, much happier, place. A place my soul misses. Do you ever miss your heavenly home? I do.
As I looked at my sweet grandma lying in her casket it filled me with amazement that I had been with her soul the night before and now her soul was gone. Her body was there, but her soul was not. I thought about her life, and my life, and about all the things I worry and stress about that don't REALLY matter. In the end when my soul goes to where my grandmas soul is and my body is left here what is really going to matter? Is it going to be the size of my thighs, the number on the scale, the reflection in the mirror, or the things and worldly possessions I have...Not. at. all. The only thing that's going to matter is WHO I AM. WHO MY SOUL IS. That is what really matters. As I was thinking about all this the scripture D&C 101:37 popped into my head: Care not for the body, neither the life of the body, but care for the soul and the life of the soul.
I love it Meg!!!
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