Zoomerang96
ONE love, blood, life
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it really is. and to see a life come to an end is a real tragic thing. and i hardly knew the guy....
today i went to my great uncles funeral. doesnt sound like id know him well, but i did grow up around him at the farm alot when i was younger.
to see family members grieving is really hard, and the thought of KNOWING ALL OF US WILL GO ONE DAY doesnt really help.
there are few things in this lifetime that will be more difficult for me to handle that to watch a coffin slowly lowered into the hole dug up for it. with such a beautiful sky, add warm temperatures (22 celcius by FAR the warmest its been here since last year) and the scene makes sense...kinda. the gentleman has passed on, and is now seeing for himself what the kingdom of God has to offer. quite the thought.
it was my grandpas brother who had died, although i guess that does go without saying. ben had been bowling on monday like he always does (also an avid golfer...though when the ball wouldnt go where he planned, hed laugh. not curse.) anyway, on monday he was sitting down at one of the seats, and was conversing with someone. the other person wondered why his partner was no longer responding. so he turned around and looked, and well, the rest is history.
ben had troubles with his heart since birth. an interesting fact, he was just the SECOND personin manitoba to have an open-heart surgery. he recovered from it nicely, but encountered several other things that attempted on marginalizing his life, but he held strong until the end.
all of my grandparents are alive and well, same goes for other family and cousins, as i am the oldest on both sides. those of you who have talked to me about the issue of mortality, know how much this weighs on my mind. i fear a major breakdown when someone dear to me dies. i have an incredibly strong relationship/friendship with my family, and particularly one set of grandparents. reality is a hard bullet to bite.
in time of mourning though, its good to know, and i say this not subjectively, but as a FACT because i will not play politics with any force or to be politically correct since it is KNOWN to me that heaven is for the taking for those of us that want it. ive been raised a christian, and instances like this remind me of how precious life truly is and how we should be prepared in whatever way we think we should, for the end.
i was greatly effected by todays events. i cant say i was really expecting to be this moved. it really hurts to see your family and a lot of close friends lose their grandpa, friend, and ofcourse beloved wife.
thoughts? please keep any sympathies to a minimum as i did not really know the individual that well. thank you.
it really is. and to see a life come to an end is a real tragic thing. and i hardly knew the guy....
today i went to my great uncles funeral. doesnt sound like id know him well, but i did grow up around him at the farm alot when i was younger.
to see family members grieving is really hard, and the thought of KNOWING ALL OF US WILL GO ONE DAY doesnt really help.
there are few things in this lifetime that will be more difficult for me to handle that to watch a coffin slowly lowered into the hole dug up for it. with such a beautiful sky, add warm temperatures (22 celcius by FAR the warmest its been here since last year) and the scene makes sense...kinda. the gentleman has passed on, and is now seeing for himself what the kingdom of God has to offer. quite the thought.
it was my grandpas brother who had died, although i guess that does go without saying. ben had been bowling on monday like he always does (also an avid golfer...though when the ball wouldnt go where he planned, hed laugh. not curse.) anyway, on monday he was sitting down at one of the seats, and was conversing with someone. the other person wondered why his partner was no longer responding. so he turned around and looked, and well, the rest is history.
ben had troubles with his heart since birth. an interesting fact, he was just the SECOND personin manitoba to have an open-heart surgery. he recovered from it nicely, but encountered several other things that attempted on marginalizing his life, but he held strong until the end.
all of my grandparents are alive and well, same goes for other family and cousins, as i am the oldest on both sides. those of you who have talked to me about the issue of mortality, know how much this weighs on my mind. i fear a major breakdown when someone dear to me dies. i have an incredibly strong relationship/friendship with my family, and particularly one set of grandparents. reality is a hard bullet to bite.
in time of mourning though, its good to know, and i say this not subjectively, but as a FACT because i will not play politics with any force or to be politically correct since it is KNOWN to me that heaven is for the taking for those of us that want it. ive been raised a christian, and instances like this remind me of how precious life truly is and how we should be prepared in whatever way we think we should, for the end.
i was greatly effected by todays events. i cant say i was really expecting to be this moved. it really hurts to see your family and a lot of close friends lose their grandpa, friend, and ofcourse beloved wife.
thoughts? please keep any sympathies to a minimum as i did not really know the individual that well. thank you.