Regular visitors to our blog know that my grandfather passed away last week. It is still very fresh in my mind, and I’m still very emotional, so I can’t say much, but I will try and touch on a few of the events of the past few days.
We went to Idaho Thursday afternoon so that I could attend the viewing that evening. Holly stayed at the hotel with the kids so that they could swim. As I was leaving for the viewing, I ran into my dad and Emmy so I helped them get settled in their room. As I was attempting to leave again, I ran into Santa Claus. (The Marriott employees were having their Christmas party and he was in attendance.) I asked him if he could say hi to the kids in the pool which he was more than happy to do. (Remember, he’s Santa so he loves kids.) By this time, I had been trying to bring myself to leave for about 30 minutes. It started to become obvious that I was looking for any reason to delay my going to the viewing.
