Sadness

My heart is heavy yet again.  Kevin's Grandpa M. in Ohio passed away today.  It was not unexpected, but still sad to know a life has ended on this earth.  And also sad that it has been a few years since we have seen him.  He never met his newest great-grandson.  That makes me sad.  He raised a great daughter in my mother-in-law and for that I will be forever grateful....b/c she in turn raised a great son who turned out to be my wonderful husband.  It is a circle of life.  I am grateful to those before us, like this patriarch of one side of our family.  I didn't know him well, but the times I did meet and talk to him, I enjoyed.  He seemed to have a good sense of humor about him and he always spoke highly of our family.  He was even the one that told me last time I saw him when Ashley was a baby, "I think you need another boy to round out the family". He obviously was a wise man b/c I cannot imagine our lives without our final little man.  So, today, I mourn the loss of a great man, but I celebrate his life and the family he started that led to ours. 

I also lift up the Steg family in prayer as Kev's other grandpa is not doing well either.  This could be a very, very sad week for his family.