Between Now and Then

Today as I was driving away from dropping Kyle off at preschool, a song came on the radio that reminded me of my sweet angel Gramma and my Grampa that is still here.  I miss her so much, and she's been on my mind a lot lately, as has my Grampa.  Gramma loves him so eternally much!  Their relationship is one that I have enjoyed watching and hearing Gramma talk about so lovingly.  A few weeks ago, while Jared and I were falling asleep, I was reminded of something she said of Grampa one day as we were sitting together chatting about him at her home in California, "I love breathing the air he breathes."

My memories of the love they share continue to exemplify what it takes to have an eternal marriage, for me.

G&G on a cruise just a few years ago.  Gramma loves this
 picture because it was taken just after she'd gotten off the bus,
 tripped on the curb and fell, but the pic turned out great!

I read a note my grandma wrote back in 1923

Grandpa kept it in his coat and he showed it once to me

He said boy you might not understand

But a long, long time ago
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none
But I love your grandma so
We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together
Get married in the first town we came to and live forever

But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet instead

I found this letter and this is what it said:

 If you get there before I do, don't give up on me
I'll meet you when my chores are through
I don't know how long I'll be

But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see

And between now and then until I see you again

I'll be loving you, love me

 I read those words just hours before my grandma past away

In the door way of a church where me and grandpa stopped to pray

I know I'd never seen him cry in all my 15 years

But as he said these words to her

His eyes filled up with tears

 If you get there before I do, don't give up on me I'll meet you when my chores are through

I don't know how long I'll be

But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see

And between now and then until I see you again

I'll be loving you, love me


Between now and then until I see you again

I'll be loving you, love me
 
- Collin Raye, "If You Get There Before I Do."