Shine On

I just got off the phone with my mom. She told me my grandfather had about 12 weeks to live.

The doctor's found a lump in his lung two weeks ago. It was the same type of cancer that he battled in his gall bladder last year and the year before. At 81, he has sustained more illness than any other person I have ever met in my entire life. He has lived a wonderful life. He will finally go home to the place he has put his faith in for so long. Heaven. His whole adult life was dedicated to preaching the Gospel of Christ to people all over the US and abroad. He made several trips to Africa. He was in the Army Air Corps. In WWII as a pilot. He was fortunate not to have orders to go to combat. In 1971 he lost his second child Carol to cancer of the lymph nodes. Through that tragedy he managed to continue to spread the Word of God. He will leave behind four children, 3 sons 1 daughter(my mom), 11 grand children, and 11 great grandchildren and his partner for 60 years who is the strongest woman(besides mom) I have ever known, my grandmother Nancy. My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor. She has waited on my grandfather hand and foot since the day he started dialysis and cancer treatments. So to my grandfather and grandmother we love you.

Thank you Granpa for all your love you showed all of your family. We we miss you greatly.

"Shine on love shine on, unto the Heavens with red and blue and green horizons" by Angie Aparo