Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Funeral

I kind of have these pictures all out of order, completely because I went around stealing these pictures from various family members' blogs today. I really wasn't prepared for this day, emotionally I just didn't want to face it. So I didn't even think about bringing a camera. Below is a picture of the Lane McGary family, minus brock and wyatt(brock went to get him from camille's house) and brayden (being babysat).

Grandma absolutely LOVED her family. There are so many of us! She kept this board of all our pictures up in her kitchen. She also too great delight in her posterity serving missions. She also had a mission board with a list of all the missionaries, the place they served, and the date.
I think this was the hardest part of the day. We know we will be with grandma again someday. I loved how my cousin, Tami Ottley, put it "We aren't saying good-bye, we are saying see you later." My poor grandpa; watching him just tore my heart in two.
The hallway of family going into the chapel. We were toward the back because dad is 2nd youngest in the family. As you can see, brock stands out in this little family! :)
The grandsons all sang "Ye Elders of Israel" which was a special request by grandma. The last verse they sang "Oh grandma, oh grandma we bid thee farewell. You're going to heaven to wait for us there."
Jande is the one to blame/give credit to for this last picture. I love how precious it is. A prayer of a little girl is truly heard by our Father in Heaven.

1 comment:

Bella Mente said...

Wow Emily, I am sorry for your loss (a little late)! This brought me to tears. It is never easy to lose a loved one- but it is amazing to see the wonderful family you have and how much you all loved your Grandma! and yes... I have always thought "see you later" was a million more times appropriate!