SO FRIDAY WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY FOR ME. YOU SEE MY 91 YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY LAST SATURDAY EVENING. HE HAD CANCER AND WE KNEW IT WAS COMING AND HE GOT HIS WISH AND DIED ON THE FARM. ANYWAY I HAVE BEEN UP THERE A LOT THIS PAST WEEK AND THERE WERE ALWAYS PEOPLE THERE. ON FRIDAY WHEN I WENT UP TO CLEAN HOUSE FOR MY GRANDMA AND IT WAS JUST HER AND I AND THE KIDS, I SOOO MISSED THE EVER FAMILIAR ROUTINE OF PAP-PA SAYING "HELLO GIRL" WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR AND THEN I WOULD ALWAYS GO OVER AND HUG AND KISS HIM AND HE WOULD SAY "HOWS MY GIRL TODAY?" IT WAS JUST LAST SUMMER WHEN HE WAS 90 AND ALREADY HAD SEVERAL BOUTS OF CANCER HE PUT UP A WOVEN WIRE FENCE BY HIMSELF IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY AROUND SEVERAL ACRES WHERE HE KEPT HIS COWS. WHAT AN AMAZING MAN HE WAS.

ANYWAY FRIDAY NIGHT WAS MY FIRST FULL EVENING AT BOB EVANS. I KNEW GOING IN THAT I WOULD NOT BE SPENDING THE EVENING AS I USUALLY DO------WITH MY FAMILY. IT MAY SOUND DUMB TO SOME BUT I STARTED CRYING ON THE WAY THERE JUST BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE THEM. BUT IT WILL ALL BE FOR THE GREATER GOOD FOR MY FAMILY IN THE LONG RUN--IT IS JUST GETTING THERE. ONE STEP AT A TIME. I AM THANKFUL THAT I WILL STILL GET TO SPEND ALL DAY WITH THE KIDS AND ON WEEKNIGHTS WILL BE GONE FROM 4:45-9:15. AND STILL BE HOME IN TIME TO TUCK THEM IN OF A NIGHT. IT HELPS TO HAVE A GREAT HUSBAND OF 15 YEARS WHO PICK UP AFTER THEM AND DOES DISHES AND LAUNDRY AND IS JUST AN ALL AROUND GREAT DAD.