Thoughts for Thursday...Part 4

A year ago today, I was frantically getting sub plans together for an unknown amount of days. I was running around my apartment, trying to pack clothes. This was made harder by the fact that I was 5 months pregnant and nothing really fit anymore. I was rushing up and down 3 flights of stairs in the heat to get everything (including myself and the dog) into the car as soon as possible. I was driving 35 South to Austin with way too much time on my hands to think. A year ago today, I was preparing myself to say one last goodbye to my Grandma. My Grandma...what a special person. I have so many great memories with my Grandma. Studying my spelling words outside on the big red chairs. Riding to school with her in the mornings and running around the high school cafeteria waiting for my bus to come. Driving her car for the 1st time and refusing to use only 1 foot for both pedals. She never let me drive again after going around the corner at a ridiculous speed. :) Just talking to her...or actually, just listening while she lectured. :) And I'll never forget the smirk/smile she would give when she looked at you out of the corner of her eye, with her head tilted down. I still think about my Grandma almost everyday. It's kind of hard not to, when the person who bought her car passes me everyday on my way home from work. A year ago Sunday, we laid my Grandma to rest next to my Uncle Steve. I remember thinking during the funeral that she and Steve were dancing in God's kitchen now. :)

This week's words come from Carrie Underwood:

"Old man, hospital bed.

The room is filled with people he loves.

And he whispers, 'Don't cry for me,

I'll see you all someday.'

He looks up and says,

'I can see God's face.'

'This is my temporary home,

it's not where I belong.

Windows and rooms, that I'm passing through.

This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going.

I'm not afraid because I know,

this was my temporary home.'"