This day will forever be etched in my mind.

Tears flow as I think back to this day in 2015.

Just after 10 pm, we got to be with my dad as he breathed his last here on earth, and stepped foot in heaven.  Just to think about that for a minute makes me be in AWE of our God.  He let us be there with Him.  The wonderment of thinking of him as he stepped foot into heaven.  What a glorious day that was for POP! Not for us.  But Pop is in glory! Oh my goodness, just thinking of this!

As I think of this, I realize, not many people get to just be there when death happens!  I feel pretty privileged to have been next to him as he died.   I think Pop wanted us there.  We got Faith and Lacey on the phone and he heard us all in the room with him.  He wanted that.  He needed that. He didn’t want us to leave until he died.

He could HARDLY wait to get there.  Those last days for him were tough.  He was ready and wanted to see Jesus.

While this day is hard for those left behind, because our hearts ache and we miss him dearly, I can so REJOICE that he’s in a much better place and I can’t wait to get to see Pop again!

It was never GOODBYE.  It was just “I’m gonna miss you Pop, and we will see you again”.