On Saturday we had a family reunion. It was for my great grandmother, the Lambeth family. She was my granddaddy's mom, so about 2 months ago my granddaddy asked us to try and mark our calenders for this day. My grandaddy does not ask alot from his family so I knew it was very important to him. In December my granddaddy will be 90 and still takes care of his farm daily. He has cows, a large garden, hay and a large yard and house to tend to and he would not change this for nothing, and he had to learn to do all the cooking when in 2005 my grandmother passed away after 62 years of marriage.
So I have become more aware that our time with granddaddy could be short and I am very fortunate to only live about 15 mins. from his house so I try to visit often and I knew that this reunion meant alot to him. Woody, myself and the boys were all able to attend along with both of my sisters and their spouses and children. Altogether with my mom and her brothers we had 23 people representing our family.
Their was approximatly 125 people at the reunion and it was very ironic that they asked the ages of the people in attendance for the oldest and the youngest and my grandaddy was the oldest and my sister's baby that is 6 months old was the youngest. We thought that was pretty cool..... My granddaddy acted like he was thrilled and was very proud to have all of his family there....
Sometimes we seem to be so busy with kids, work and other activities that we seem to take for granted that people know that we care and love them....Please take time today and call or personally tell someone how much they mean to you and how much you love them because you will never know when it is their time to be called "home". We are not promised tomorrow so find time today to brighten someones day and tell them how important they are to you, it will surely bring a smile to their face..
As it did for my granddaddy, you may even see a tear from a very strong and loving man!!!!!!
P.S To all my blogging buddies, let me take this opportunity to tell you all that your friendship and support mean the world to me. I feel truly blessed to be surrounded by such a fine and loving group of ladies.
Hugs,
T
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- I am a Christian mother of two energetic boys, Andy 10 & Lucas 5. I have been married to my husband for 11 years. We live a simple but busy life.
3 comments:
OH! how sweet!!! I know your granddaddy really enjoyed that. I got teary eyed just reading your post. ..and you're exactly right we should always take the time to tell someone how much they mean to us & how much we love them b/c we aren't promised tomorrow.
. ..I too feel blessed & thankful to know such a wonderful group of Christian ladies and I want to Thank You for being such an example to me.
Hope you have a Great rest of the Day!
Hugs!
Brianna
I took your advice after reading your post and made plans to go shopping with my mom - Shine's told me when she heard about my mom being in the early stages of Alzheimer's was to spend as much time with her as I could. I guess none of us should take spending time with our love ones for granted - we really don't know what tomorrow holds. Prov. 27:1 is great advice for us all
I know it was a real blessing to your Granddad to have your family there
I know your granddaddy was thrilled to have all of you there. You are so right about taking time out with our loved ones. One thing I learned from my dads situation is we never know what tomorrow will bring and we need to treasure the times we do have with our loved ones.
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