Sunflowers...

This was waiting for me when I got home from work today: sunflowers and a sweet note from my husband. Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers, why you might ask? They were my Granddad's favorite flower and we had a special connection through sunflowers when I was growing up. I would spend summers with my grandparents in Goodland, KS and we would plant sunflowers. He would send pictures as they made progress and took over his garden in the backyard. (On a complete random side note: I went through a stage where all I wore were sunflowers- shirts, hair clips, socks, I even had sunflower perfume- trendy, I know. Most of this sunflower paraphernalia was gifted by my grandmother.)

This time last year Steve and I were driving to Midland because my Granddad was being taken off life support. We made it to Midland at 6:30pm and he was gone by 7:30 that evening. It was an experience I will never forget and one I feel honored to be apart of. There is something sacred about being with a person as they pass from this life to the next. December 9, 2010 was a hard day and my Granddad has been heavy on my heart today was I look back over the year it has been. I would have loved for him to have met my daughter- she would have been the first great-granddaughter for him, just like I was the first granddaughter for him. It has been good to remember today. The thing I miss the most are the letters. I use to write him a letter once a week, I miss that weekly habit.
Love and miss you, Granddad...