Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! Or Happy Holidays, if that offends. I hate the news, they turn such stupid things into huge deals, like Santa means Satan and reindeers are devils. Anyway, don't want to get off on a tangent, I have important news to tell!
We got back from Canada on Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning, since we touched down after midnight. I hate flying, there was a small child whining behind us for the whole three hour flight, and while I simpathized with his mother and with him (I wanted my mommy to make it stop too), I also wanted to throw him out the plane, or at least throttle him until he could whine no more. My maternal instincts kicking in...
Anway, Christmas was as lovely as it could be under the circumstances. Cory's Grandpa Glen passed away two days after our arrival in Canada. We hadn't even had a chance to visit him yet. He was in the hospital on and off all year, and we knew his health wasn't the best, but even so, we didn't expect him to pass away. He wasn't by any means in critical condition, so we were very suprirsed and saddened when we got the news. It was great that we were up there, and could spend Christmas with the whole family. While the whole event brought back too many memories of Christmas when I was twelve and my own beloved Grandpa passed away suddenly from a cerebral hemorage on December 21. It made Christmas so much more difficult, to open presents for Grandpa when he wasn't there. It also brought back memories of just this summer. My Grandma passed away on July 2, and we were planning on visiting her in the hospital on July 4. I was so sad I didn't get to see her one more time, but I guess no matter what the timing was, I would've always felt that way. Anyhow, I was again saddened that we didn't get to see Grandpa Glen one more time; I remember years ago when I met him, I got choked up when I told him how happy I was to have a Grandpa again. I loved my Grandpa Jim so much, and when I lost him when I was 12, I really felt the loss. There's just something about a Grandpa/Granddaughter relationship, and Glen was so much like Grandpa Jim that I felt the same connection with him when we were visiting Canada. I know Cory has a great amount of love and respect for him, as do I....Glen, you will be missed, and we love you very much.
Anyhow, I will post my good news in another post...
