Seeing Life in Death

It has been a week full of unexpected events. 

It started early this week when Mitch got the call that his grandfather was back in hospice. 

They were giving him 5-7 days.

Early Friday he passed.

Even though it was expected, it was still hard for me more than Mitch. I have had time to ponder on this and talk to people who have had to deal with death of a loved one. I feel comfort with the knowledge I have. 

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In my religion we believe that death is not the end. It is a beginning, another step in Heavenly Fathers plan. 

We believe that when a loved one dies, it is only a matter of time before we will be reunited with them once more.

I had a dear friend describe to me what it was like at an LDS funeral. She told me of the vision she saw at a recent funeral which then brought a vision to me of Grandpa Foy dressed in white clothing, standing, out of his wheel chair. I have never seen him out of his chair. He was so happy, waving with his arm around someone I do not know but I am sure he is overjoyed to see and be with again. 

Once we knew when the funeral was we had the challenge of trying to make it. Sadly we cannot. But we tried our best to come up with second best to actually being there. We will be going to the Provo Temple on the day of his funeral. Hopefully Grandpa Foy will appreciate the gesture.

Mitch and Grandpa Foy

In memory of Grandpa Foy I leave you with the song that he was requesting the grand kids sing, sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir- How Great Thou Art

Bye!

New Post New Things

Its not that I have an actual new life, I still go to school, I still go to work, I still do all the things I have been doing. I just have a new outlook. It's hard to explain the way that past events have changed my life. I look back and just realize that its life.

I always would come back to blogging saying that I would be staying, but I never really know. Life is busy, really busy.

In school I started fresh this past semester. I stopped wanting to be a teacher. I didn't give up trust me, I still want to change lives and inspire children to be all they want to be,but there were things that got in my way: School politics mainly. So I applied for the BSW (Bachelor of Social Work) program. It's quite different from elementary education but i really do want to make a difference in this world. Now a lot of people may think that social workers are just people that take kids away or that a person can "step" all over social workers because they are too caring. But here is the thing, if you know  me, I will fight for the changes that need to be made for those who cannot fight for themselves. I care, too much some times, but that's a good thing. 

I am only in my first semester and still scared that I won't be good at this profession, but i will try my hardest to make it. I have had to deal with so much already and i guess that's a good thing. My colleagues in my cohort have said its baptism by fire for the profession. I take it for truth. I would have to deal with these things sometime why not now?

As for work, I'm still in the same place since I started to work in Utah. Mitch on the other hand is now working full time. He works for a company called Adatto, they do custom men's wear. If you live in Utah, Colorado, Nevada, or Georgia then you should look into it!

That's all I wanted to say for now. I'm not going to promise that I will post another post soon but I will try. Leave a comment on what you would like me to chat about. If you have any questions let me know!

I will leave you with my favorite song at the moment.I apologize for the one curse word but don't let it deter you from the message of the song.

Bye!