The past few days.....

I have to do some catching up. Alot has happened since I last blogged. I guess I should start with Tuesday. Early that morning about 5:30 we get a phone call and it is Frank's mom telling us that his great grandpa has passed away. He had died about 3 that morning. He was 97 and had lived a great life. It is strange because before I ever even knew Frank was alive we moved to Spencer for my dad to pastor his first church. Grandpa McDowell (who was Bro. McDowell for years to me) was an elder in the church and he just took my dad under his wing and they treated us like we were their family. Granny Mae (his wife) would make us quilts (which I still use to this day) and they were just really close to us. Several years later we left that church and we built the church were we are now on Cagle Mtn. So about 10 years later Frank's mom stats coming to our church and she always would request prayer for her son Frank. Well, he finally came to church and he got saved. After about two or three weeks he asked me out and the rest is history. What is so amazing about it all is that Bro. McDowell was his great grandpa so it was neat to have met someone and fallin in love with their grandson. So now you see that even if I wasn't married to Frank then Grandpa dying would still have been really sad to me. It was sad but at the same time it was a good time because you knew where he was and he had made it which is awesome. Granny Mae is still living and is in good health. She doesn't remember hardly anybody but her health is great. She is 97, too. To finish my story, wednesday they had the viewing at that funeral home and I got to see lots of people that I hadn't seen since I was real young. Thursday was the funeral and my 30th birthday. I was hoping that they wouldn't have the funeral that day but they did. On Thursday morning Frank's mom call again about 6 and says that Frank's cousin was on duty (he's a cop) and he as serving a warrent and the guy shot him and he died. It has been all over the news that past 2 days. They finally found the guy last night but he would not surrender and he shot himself and died later at the hospital. Frank's family is just in shock. Shane was only 28. That is so young. This happened in Grundy county where you think stuff like this wouldn't happen but it does and it is sad. He has kids and that breaks my heart. The funeral for him will be sometime next week because they are having to do an autopsy on him because he was killed in the line of duty. I was beginning to wonder what else was going to happen on my birthday. After Grandpa's funeral Daniel and Stephanie (Frank's brother) came to our house and I cooked them some supper. So it was late whenI finally got in the bed last night. I know that went on forever but I just had alot to talk about. I am back at work today so I guess I will finish and get back to work. later....