We went to a funeral today

On a more somber note today, we went to a funeral. Maybe I'm just too emotional, but when you see a dad with five kids and a wife pass away to another life, it's still hard. Even if he was really really suffering for the last year to 6 months of his life. He was one of Tyler, Jared and KC's leaders as a youth. There was beautiful music. One of his sisters read a letter he wrote to everyone. Another letter from a youth he taught was read about the positive impact he had.

Sitting in the pew it reminded me of the last funeral we went to at our church building. A young couple our age had a little boy very prematurely (23 or 26 weeks). He was born in Feb., and survived until April or May. We were due around the same time so at the funeral I was very pregnant with Violet and it made me really sad. His name was Jacob.

I am thankful for the knowledge we have that families can be together forever. Days like today make you want to be a better person.