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5 Things I wish I could Say to the man who left us too early.

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Jul 30, 2018
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5 Things I wish I could Say to the man who left us too early.

November 24th, 2017. That day will always be a day that changed my life forever. It'll be a day I will never forget. It's the day you walked into Heaven. It's the day you were healed from all of your pain but we broken here on earth. We had so many amazing years together but there was still so much left unsaid. I've never really said goodbye to you. I've just been going through the motions. This is my list of things I wish I could say to you.

1. Thank you. Thank you for loving mamaw. Thank you for loving Tiffanie, mom, Cassie, Emberlee, and myself. Your love was unwavering, unending, calming, reassuring. We never had to question your love. You did everything you could to show us your love, yes even when you were a grouch. Thank you for praying for us, for providing for us, and for always supporting us.

2. You are kind. When you left us, nobody had a bad word to say about you. From being a second grandfather to my friends to helping those less fortunate in our community to always helping out at to deliver food or help with VBS. You were always helping and caring for others. It definitely didn't go unnoticed.

3. I'm sorry. I could be disrespectful. I could be a grouch (I learned it fro, the best.) I took my anger out on those closest to me. Sometimes, you caught my anger. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for ever taking you for granted. I hope you know that I would never mean to take you for granted

4. I'm grateful for you. You taught me about Jesus. You taught me about true love. You showed me how to have a servants heart. You showed me how to be kind. I learned most of my best lessons from you. You were one of my favorite teachers.

5. I love you. This is by far the hardest. I don’t think I told you enough. I’m so sorry. If you were here, I’d tell you I loved you a lot more. You not being here has been one of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with emotionally and all I can think is I never told you I loved you enough. I hope you know I did.

Life is hard without you. Coming to terms with you not being here is hard. I miss you everyday. Thank you papaw for my old man. I’ll see you again one day soon. Rest easy.

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