My precious Grandparents.

I went to visit my Mawmaw in the hospital today. I posted not to long ago about her. She has breast and bone cancer. All together, she has lived with cancer since 1998. She recently had surgery and now is back in the hospital with more complications. When I went to see her this afternoon, only she and my Pawpaw were there. I'm going to be honest, I've seen her throughout her battle with cancer, and have seen her in the hospital more than once, but this time was different. It was really hard...
And you know what happened? God spoke to me right there in that hospital room. Was I sad? Yes. Was I confused? Absolutely. But more than anything, I was BLESSED.
I sat there and watched my 86 year old Pawpaw get up every two minutes to re-wet her washcloths so that her fever would go down. I watched my Mawmaw lie completely still in bed, and still...I felt so blessed.
I realized tonight how lucky I truly am. I am twenty-two years old, and have all four of my grandparents still alive. Not only that, but knew and loved very much three of my great-grandparents, one who is still alive today. Today pick up your phone. Call your grandparents. Tell them that you love them. Tell them you are blessed to have them in your life.
Whenever the Lord decides that it is time for Mawmaw to go home, it will hurt. It hurts now to think about it. But tonight the Lord told me.."Katy, look at what I have given you."

Thank you Lord. Thank you for my grandparents and great-grandparents. Thank you for the memories that I have with each of them, and thank you for making me realize tonight, that it hurts so much to see Mawmaw like this only because you let me love her so much. Thank you for blessing me Lord. In so many wonderful ways...