You are So Special, All Things are Possible, Believe in Miracles

Special blog just for Grandma in Chandler, Arizona.

Hi Grandma,

It was so wonderful talking to you on the phone yesterday for your birthday. I miss you so much. I hope you had a wonderful day. Today I was cleaning my apartment and came across the letter you gave me right before I left. It means a lot to me that you took the time to say the things that you did. Sometimes life passes us by and we hold some of our thoughts in our heart and in the end we never get to share them. I thank you for always having an open heart and willingness to share your opinions and thoughts with me.

I have lost so many people already in my life and so many of them I didn't get the chance to say so many things to that I wish I would have. I don't feel that way with you, nor will I ever.

You remind me constantly of what a good person looks like and acts like. You are a God fearin woman and I love you for your compassion, strength, encouragement, and steadiness. You are the pillar of our family and you wear the badge so proudly.

I guess I just felt compelled to write this blog just for you as a way of showing you that I am truly grateful and honored that you are my grandmother. I know you read this blog faithfully and you deserve to have your own special passage.

I'm going to conclude this blog, with words from your letter.

1) You are so special.
2) All things are possible.
3) Believe in miracles.

And finally:

My story, Your story. How it is told in the end and what the story says depends on what each of us does with Jesus.

Love you Grandma. Hope you had a very special birthday. In closing, here is the lyrics to a special song that fits you to a "T" and I will always remember the day that I played it for you and mom. I love you!!!!!

Randy Travis "When Mama Prayed"

Daddy never went to church on Sunday
He said that's one thing I'll never do
But mama never gave up she said one day
He'll be sitting here beside of me and you
I can still hear mama softly talking
With her tears falling on her folded hands
So that Easter Sunday Daddy walked in
That's when I began to understand

When mama prayed, good things happen
When mama prayed, lives were changed
Not much more than five foot tall
But mountains big and small crumbled all away
When mama prayed

Seventeen and wild I hit the bottle
Doing anything I dang well please
Burning down life's highway at full throttle
While mama burned a candle on her knees
Then one night I came home half sober
I saw mama kneeling in the den
As I listened she and Jesus talked it over
And I knew my restless days were 'bout to end

When mama prayed, good things happen
When mama prayed, lives were changed
Not much more than five foot tall
But mountains big and small crumbled all away
When mama prayed

It isn't like every one of them got answered
But the times they weren't it seems to me were rare
You almost felt sorry for the devil
'Cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer
When mama prayed

Not much more than five foot tall
But mountains big and small crumbled all away
When mama prayed
They crumbled all away
When mama prayed