A Time of Reflection

I know it has been quite some time since my last post, but I will be honest with you blogging was definitely not a priority.  Taking care and making sure my family knows that I love them has been!

Last Monday, I received a phone call from my Mom telling me that she was making an emergency flight to TN.  My initial thoughts were, my crazy family is fighting or doing something or something happened, and Mom was going to get my Granny (my Grandma) and come home for Christmas.  Unfortunately, the emergency trip happened to be concerning my Granny.  

Many years ago she was diagnosed with Emphysema.  This was a result of smoking packs upon packs of cigarettes since she was 9 years old.  Well her emphysema led to her getting a pneumonia and resulting in her body just shutting down.  My Mom and Aunts and Uncles had some tough decisions to make.  But eventually from the time my Granny was taken into ICU to the time she passed away was about 49 hours.  She was tired! And God was ready for her to rest!

Granny Billie Ruth Lawson was a grouchy, mean, loud, kind, loving, compassionate, and very faithful woman.  She committed to her life to Jesus many years ago but became very backslidden.  However, recently she recommitted her life and was trying to turn it around.  But amongst all the drama (another story for another time) and the mourning of the passing of a very special person.  We can rejoice in the fact that I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that I will see her again someday!