Reading the blogs the past couple of days was hard for me. You see my parents disowned me 28 years ago and no matter how hard i tried i could not get through to them. My mother passed away in 2006 and my father passed away just a few months ago. I felt really bad as i did not grieve when either one passed. My son said mom you did your grieving many years ago. I shared with a sister at church that for the past 2 weeks i keep seeing my father in a car driving or on a motorized cart at Walmart. I don’t know what this means. I have no ill feelings toward him as i gave all that burden to God. I prayed to God to show me what it is and what i should do. I know he will show me. Now the grand parent thing. I have 2 grand daughters and one grand son and one great grand daughter. My oldest grand daughter lived with me from age 10 along with her father. Being the elder is tougher. They younger ones still think that mom and dad have all the wrong answers. But they think their grandparents should have all the right answers. What a joy it is for them to come to me with their questions, problems, joys etc. And what a great thing to know how much smarter i got in the past few years. ha ha. Being able to minister the the younger generation is such a blessing as they are our future leaders. I thank God for my grand parents. They were always there for me till they passed on and are still with me every day as i relive the things they taught me. I can share that with the young. You will be a GREAT Grandpa!!!!!

Pastor, family leaders and everyone else need to allow themselves the freedom to grieve. It’s ok and necessary and very natural. God’s strength is ours in our weakness. I always felt that I had to be strong, but sometimes I don’t really feel so strong. I just remind myself that Jesus wept, too. Sister Sharon