That cute grandpa holding my cute little nephew Gavin was the best grandpa in the world. He told the best jokes, had the best one-liners, and let me mow his grass on his cool riding lawn mower. I love him and will miss him dearly.
Today I am grateful for grandparents. Between Matt and I we only have Grandpa Oates left! Boy is he going to get spoiled! Because he, like Grandpa Jolley is also the best grandpa in the world. No one calls me 'darlin' like Grandpa Oates. And Grandpa, when you tap me on my left shoulder, I'm going to look to the right and catch you every time:)
A little while ago I had a humbling scare.
One night I found a mole on my back that caused me to worry. Being an oncology nurse, I don't take these things lightly. When I went in to get it checked out (the very next day), it was on a day that I had randomly got called off from work and the doctor's office had one apointment left for that day. I revealed the mole and the doctor told me to show her any others on my body I might have. I had another one behind my knee and as I went to show her she stopped me and said that a freckle above my knee was very concerning. I had absolutely no idea. It's been there my whole life and no one ever seemed worrried about it before.
They proceeded to tell me that it's probably pre-cancerous and that I needed to get it removed soon--and they needed to biopsy it.
I know every day worse things happen to people and on a scale of one to ten this is pretty low; but still it caught me off guard and was such an eye-opener for me, especially because I deal with this sort of thing with patients every day!
I know my Grandmas were watching over me that day and the following days up to the biopsy. They really are my guardian angels. I felt their presence and it made me miss them even more, and grateful that they love me enough to keep watching over me. The sequence of events leading up to it was not just chance, I know they were looking out for me.
The Family at Grandpa's Funeral.
My Dad and his silly siblings pretending to pick their noses!************************************************************************************
Are you ready???
Well.....
Matt is now the CAPTAIN!! How cool is that?
He just found out today that he is going to upgrade in about a week! I am so excited for you sweetie and know you are going to do a great job! Yea for Matt!
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That is such a sweet picture of Grandpa Jolley with Gavin. He really was amazing.
Grandparents are the best. Congrats Matt! That is awesome. I hope all is well for you guys. Merry Christmas!
Matt is awesome! I'm so happy for you! Sad you miss your grandparents... funny how sometimes we get little moments where we stop and realize life is catching up with us. I am grateful to be your friend and I'm excited to make fun of you when your so old! It's going to be so fun to tell your Chill'ns!!!
You should come to DC! Seriously. I'm flying into North Carolina and then driving (ROAD TRIP) wit one of my BFF's to DC. Chance of a life time!
LOVE you!
At first I thought your exciting news might be something else. But this is good too. I think we're all missing Grandpa right now and I'm glad at least one of my girls might remember him.
No way! I didn't know that! Yeah he is actually doing really well, It's almost been a week since his first treatment and he hasn't really been sick at all, and he still has his hair! :) I'm proud of him, thank you for you thoughts and prayers! Your a sweet heart!
Hey Jolly! We are moving to Burbank, CA. I'm so excited. Are you guys going to CA for Christmas at all. I'm so jealous that Matt is a pilot and you get free flights anywhere!
That's kind of a scary thing to find out.... glad everything is okay!
Sorry to hear about your grandpa, I remember you mentioning him before.... although you know it's best for them, it's still sad and they're still missed!
Also congrats to Matt!
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