If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away.

Wow, it's been awhile, sorry. Let me catch you up on some things. I finally got a job up here. I'm a proud worker at McDonalds! I usually work mornings. Either 7-3 or 8-4. I like 7-3 because I get up when Duwayne does, get to kiss him goodbye, & be back at the apartment only a hour after he get's there. When I applied for the job I told them I couldn't (wouldn't) work past 5pm, because I wanted time for mine & Duwayne's relationship. Also, so if I had the weekends off we could leave to go back to Kentucky after I got off work. It's been working out pretty swell. :)


Well at work my job is front counter. I greet the customers, take their orders, & take their money. We rarely have no more than 2 people at the counter every 10 minutes, so I have a lot of time to "stay busy". Just like ANY other McDonalds, I have the group of seniors who come in every morning, & get the same thing. They walk through the door & I have their senior coffee with 2 creams, a oatmeal, & 2 apple pies rung up on the screen & on the tray for them - & I'm just waiting for them to pay.  They make my day! So far I've met a man who's met Elvis Presley's cousin, a man who plays in a country band at a retirement home every week, a Veteran who was in World War II : Iwo Jima, & a woman who is in love with my hazel eyes & my smile. They (with others) sit in a section in front of me & sit for hours sipping on their coffee, talking about whatever they can.

It got me to thinking about my Grandaddy Warring. Grandaddy Warring used to sit up at our local McDonalds every morning sipping on a coffee talking to his buddies about whatever they could. Just enjoying eachothers company, & not worrying about a thing. I sure do miss him. A lot. 




It's funny, ya know ; when your brought into this world it doesn't matter how hard you try not to, your going to have heart ace & pain at some time. You can go all your life doing good things, but one day while your at work you can get the news that your grandpa died, & your heart breaks. It totally sucks, I know it does, but that's a part of life even tho I wish it wasn't. It makes you stronger, a stronger person.




I thought about that when I was looking at the group of older people. I saw all of them laughing & talking & having a great time with each other. I thought about how their moms & dads had most likely passed away, but they still smile & go on with their lives. Or maybe they lost a brother, or maybe even their spouse. But they still smile each & everyday.

Like I've mentioned before I lost my Grandaddy Warring & my Gracie this past Summer. Each & every day I think about them, & all of our memories we shared with each other, & how I would give anything to be able to talk to them. Sometimes I cry, & sometimes I smile when I think about those memories, but either way it's still a part of life. Even tho I wish it wasn't : it is. But God promises that we'll all be with each other for eternity when we get to Heaven, & that's what helps me every day.


 & maybe that's what gets everybody else through everyday too. <3

The video below is called "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" By Rhett Akins. It's an amazing song, & so very true. <3