Happy Grandparents Day

Click to view larger image.

A picture of the grandparents after the first surgery -
what a relief it was we had such good news that day.)
Well...today at church we took time in the service to honor Grandparents Day. I wanted to take a little bit of time to honor Aaron's four grandparents I wish more than anything else that today. I wish Aaron could be here to share in this day with you all. I wish I could be giving you with a new picture of him or some cute little gift. I wish you could have all seen him in the little Eagles outfit we had for him today while he watched his first football game. Instead, here I am just trying to say something to all of you so you know that we knew what today was.

I was trying to find a poem or something for you in honor of what today means...instead I found this it's from the sermon from Aaron's memorial service...

He was brought into a family that would stand together in love and faith facing what would probably be one of the most difficult and wonder-filled times of their lives. In the midst of facing the brevity of his life, we still come in response to Aaron's life, not only his death – because he remarkably engraved a place in each of our hearts and lives with his life. We will say goodbye, before most of us have even really been able to say hello, only because we must.
Victor Frankl once said
"We cannot judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents. Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies."

Aaron touched each of you in his own way as baby son, or a grandchild, or the child of someone you care for dearly. There are many in this world who only dream of being loved, cared for, prayed for, and hoped for spread over an entire lifetime the amount that Aaron received in his infancy.

And even though those words are not my words - I do know this...First of all we are who we are because of the parents you were to us. We were able to be the parents we were to Aaron because we had good examples. Secondly, your love and support to Aaron was overwhelming. You loved him and helped us out so that we could spend as much time as possible with Aaron. He was loved more in 33 days than some are in a lifetime and his grandparents were right there with us on the crazy roller coaster ride.

Thank you for everything and thank you for being the best grandparents that Aaron could have ever asked for. Happy Grandparents Day!
Email Post

Comments

Anonymous said…
You leave me touched and teary-eyed. Loving Aaron and his parents has been a blessing to me. The four of us watched as our children interracted with our little boy in a way that demonstrated courage and love, not just for Aaron, but for each other. God gave you to one another. When that happened, he also gave a gift to your parents. I do not have three children, I have four. I also have the memory of my beautiful grandson and pictures in mind of the two of you with him. The giggles, smiles and glances, hand holding (all three of you). That's the greatest gift any grandparent could ever ask for. I love you.
7:14 AM
Anonymous said…
Thank you so much for the grandparent tribute. As Grandparent's Day approached (even though it's another one of those "card" holidays), I was very sad that I could not have the opportunity to hold, hug and kiss Aaron. I did however, hold, hug and kiss Aaron in my heart and mind - all day yesterday. I love both of you - for who you are, for how much you love each other and care for one another - just as you did for our precious, baby Aaron.

I love you!
Mom W
6:54 PM
Post a Comment

Popular Posts