About a month ago Matt's aunt asked us to pray for her sister that day at Mass. We added her to many other prayer intentions that day. My heart is always full of prayers for my family, students and their family, people who used to be in my life, and the many others. Mass was pretty normal until, "You are Mine," started to be played on the piano and the singing began. This song gets me every time. It's played at funerals often. "Why oh why, God, today is this song coming to me?" Matt's Aunt's sister has not been well. I started thinking about my grandma passing, which led me to thinking about my grandpa. "Is his time coming soon?" I wondered. I started thinking about how hard his funeral is going to be. I was a mess! Tears were flowing. I'm not sure what significance this song had for this week in the Mass. I found out my grandpa was still ok. On Monday I found out that a student's grandma did die, who was ill. It then made sense. I just didn't know it at the time. God is truly amazing and works in mysterious ways. Tonight I learned that my grandpa is dying. He has not been well for a while, and we figured it wouldn't be long after Grandma died. But that doesn't make this any easier. This will be a very hard funeral for the Koehler family. I knew seeing him at Grandma's funeral would be my last, so saying goodbye to him was extra hard. He is my last grandparent. He is our link to the farm. He is our funny story teller and memory keeper that will soon go home to be with Grandma. I know it's where he has been wanting to go for a very long time. So, tonight when I learned this news, it wasn't really news. God prepared me a month ago to start mourning. That Sunday morning in church I knew Grandpa's time was coming soon. I truly believe there is something for each one of us at every Mass if we're paying attention. Please pray for Grandpa Art and our family. Some will be travelling to Arizona this week. Please pray for safe travels. Do not be afraid for I am with you...
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