Your Grandpa was not a religious person. At. All. It wasn't that he was apathetic about it, he really didn't believe in religion. I think he thought it was pretty wild that all three of his children married devout catholics, all his grandchildren had been baptized, and five out of six school school-aged grandchildren were in Catholic school. Grandpa wasn't always against religion, he actually went to a seminary school, and was incredibly close to joining a religious order.
Anyway, there is a point to my story. When we were cleaning out Grandpa's house, we found a prayer card in the mounds of paper on his desk. That in itself was pretty shocking. The words were so powerful, and while it sounds silly, 'the prayer spoke to me." It really seemed like something Grandpa would feel. We put this quote on the back of the Grandpa's funeral program, and when I was googling it to find out who wrote it, it was often listed on prayer websites for dogs that had passed away. It was perfect. The only thing Grandpa liked less than religion was a dog.
So kids, I leave you with this prayer, and hope that I can get there.
xoxo
mom
Love u.
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