Brothers, Dad and in-laws
A few of my beautiful cousins who I haven't seen in a very long time
My other beautiful cousin Liz
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Grandpa's Funeral
I had the opportunity to attend my Grandpa's funeral a few weeks ago. At the last minute I decided to go, eventhough I had a jewelry show the same day. It was a crazy weekend and quite emotional as I was prepping for my show and at the same time heading out of town. Luckily I had help and got everything squared away right up to the last minute. Well, because I was leaving on a Friday night I was not surprised to hit the evening commute and left early enough to make it still on time. But what I didn't anticipate was the LARGE quantity of the evening commute. When I finally arrived at JFK with 30 minutes to spare--they laughed in my face and turned me away. I was devastated and broke out into tears. For the next hour I was using every source I could to find any other plane leaving any of the other tri-state airports to Salt Lake City that night. No luck--my plane was the last flight out in the area and that was at 7:45 p.m. Anyway, I ended up taking the first flight the next day. I missed some of the funeral service but was still able to say my goodbyes to my grandpa and see my family. Three hours later I was back at the airport flying home. It was a quick trip but well worth it.
Brothers, Dad and in-laws
Brothers, Dad and in-laws
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7 comments:
glad you made it! i would have been bawling at the airport! traveling is so frusterating.
Thanks so much for posting those pictures. I heard the funeral was really nice. I'm so glad you got to be there with your family...your brothers and inlaws look so good in that picture. Plus, I love that I got to see Sam in the background of the last photo with Liz. I'm so happy you made it even though it was a quick trip! What a special moment to be together as a family for Grandpa!
I'm so glad you eventually got there and did get your goodbye said. I'm sorry about your grandpa -- but glad you got to be there.
I'm sorry the circumstances that brought you all together was a funeral, but am so happy you were able to be there.
And PS, I am so happy your sister Marleen spells her name right! My mom's name is Marleen and people always assume Marlene. So annoying.
Oh Darlene, I am so glad you were able to attend. Did you miss the late JETBLUE to SLC? UGH!
I tagged you here in my blog. I will be calling you this next week so I can do a fun link for your jewelry site. We received a ton of compliments.
So, here is the tag link,
http://becausemomsaidso.blogspot.com/
2007/12/tag-i-knew-it-was-just-matter-of-time.html
Darleen, what a crazy trip. But what a blesing to be able to attend your Grandpa's funeral. It looks beautiful and I'm so glad you were able to spend some time with family, even under these circumstances.
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