LAST VIEWING OF OUR PAMPA
SOLDIERS AT THE GRAVESITE
WWII HERO
21 GUN SALUTE, TAPS, & FOLDING/PRESENTING OF FLAG
WE MISS HIM DEARLY
THE NEXT DAY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 93RD BIRTHDAY, AND SO WE DECIDED TO CELEBRATE THAT BY DOING HIS WIFE'S TEMPLE WORK. (GRAMMA GRACE PASSED 2 YEARS EARLIER). IT WAS SO MAGICAL TO SEE ABBY TAKE ON HER NAME AND BE BAPTIZED IN HER BEHALF. THE SPIRIT WAS INCREDIBLE. HER LITTLE FIESTY SELF WAS THERE WONDERING WHAT TOOK US THE EXTRA YEAR, BUT WE KNEW SHE WAS HAPPY.. BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THOSE TWO LOVED THE MOST, IT WAS FAMILY, AND I'M SURE ALL THEY WANT IS TO BE WITH US ALL FOREVER.. AND SO WE CONTINUED HER PROGRESSION WITH HER INITATORY & ENDOWMENT THE NEXT DAY. I HAD THE HONOR OF ACCEPTING THE BLESSINGS AND OBLIGATIONS IN HER BEHALF. I KNOW SHE WAS THERE, AND WAS GIVING US THE WARMEST SPIRIT & COMFORT. WE LOVE HER SO MUCH. I KNOW THAT IN SOME CASES WE WERE CLOSER TO OUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS THAN SOME PEOPLE ARE EVEN TO THEIR GRANDPARENTS, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE WONDERFUL EMOTIONS INVOLVED WITH THIS GREAT TEMPLE WORK.
ABBY HAD MY BLONDE HAIR AT HOMETOWN
I LOVE THE TEMPLE. AND I CHERISH MY FAMILY.
1 comment:
Sorry about your grandpa. Seeing your pictures reminded me of my grandpa's funeral. It was very similar. I wish the best for all of you.
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