Grandpa's Dash

This morning when I got up, my mom made pancakes. Casen stayed last night so he was of course wide awake when I got up. Jon and Lyndsi came and got him then I watched Snow Day. After it was over I got ready for the funeral. We got to the funeral home about 12:30 and people started showing up for visitation. Kaci and Brett came and stayed for the funeral. God definitely blessed me with them as friends,yes even Brett hehe. I managed to not cry until the funeral was over when Zoe started crying. She and Zack kept me laughing before. Their thoughts on Grandpa being cremated were interesting.Then Zoe sat on my lap during the funeral and kept blowing her nose. I couldn't figure out where she was putting the kleenexs but she had the bottom of her pants flipped up and was stuffing them in there lol.  The funeral was very nice. We sang Jesus is the sweetest name I know which Grandpa always wanted us to sing every Sunday at church so I am glad we got to sing it for him one last time. After it was over I said goodbye to Brett and Kaci. Then I came back to Grandma's where everyone was and we ate a bunch of food. The apple pie was very good if I may add. Thanks to everyone who came to the visitation/funeral and to those who came/brought food to Grandma's. The family talked and visited for a while. It was nice to be with family from Indiana who we hadn't got to see in a long time. It was a long day but yet it seems like it was. I am tired and won't be staying up real late tonight which is why I am blogging now. We just got home less then an hour ago. Brett had a Christmas concert tonight but I wasn't able to make it. Tonight's blog title is because they put the Dash poem in the papers they give you at funerals and Brother Johnson that talked at Grandpa's funeral about Grandpa's dash and how he lived it. The dash for those of you who have never read the poem is the time in between birth and death and how you spend it. I think Grandpa spent his dash very well. He will be missed but his new life in heaven is way better. Well until tomorrow! I forgot todays bible reading is Joshua 5-11 which I might not get done today but will finish tomorrow.