Grandma Barnes

On Friday my sister and I went up to Little Falls to visit our grandma and of course Mick and Sue. It was a great visit but it's getting tough. She is now almost full time in her lazy boy chair and almost always has her oxygen on. She doesn't feel the greatest. We stayed there about 3 hours and chatted the whole time. She is very open and honest about how she feels about death and dying and very sure about the funeral arrangements and such. I told her it seemed strange to talk about her death and she just said that it's all a part of life and that just as it takes time to prepare for a birth it takes time to prepare for death. It's sad. She also said that she's ready to go-like I said previously in a different blog-and she doesn't know why she's here and that there must me something still wrong with her soul. Something that God still has to make right in order to prepare her for the kingdom. She also said that she will keep reading and keep learning until her time comes. My sister spoke the exact words that I was wanting to say when she said that "maybe you're here for other people" I also said that it has been so great for me to get to know her so much better these past years because for so long she was in NH or CA. I feel that God has blessed me so much with the time I've been given to spend with my grandma. She is truly a servant of Christ, loves Him, and wants the world-especially her family to know and love Christ as she does. She loves to tell me almost every time I see her about how Christ has forgiven all our sins, how much He loves us, and how much He desires a personal relationship with us. She tells me this EVERY time I visit her and I NEVER get tired of hearing it. What I wonder about my grandma is if she realizes just how much I love her and admire her.