FULL OF JOY!!

WHEN READING THIS VERSE AND TRYING TO FIND A PHOTO THAT FILLED ME WITH IT, WHEN I SAW THIS ONE I SMILED AND WAS FILLED WITH JOYFULNESS AND REJOICING!

     ABOUT 4 DAYS BEFORE I WAS HEADING FROM TACOMA TO OMAHA LAST AUGUST, I, AT THE TACOMA MALL AREA, MET A BOY, AND IN A FEW HOURS WE BECAME FAMILY.  AARON CONSIDERED ME HIS GRANDMA.

      THREE DAYS LATER, WE WENT TO CHURCH TOGETHER AND HAD THE PICTURE TAKEN RIGHT BEFORE  WE WERE LEAVING.  WE WALKED A FEW BLOCKS AND HAD LUNCH AND THEN HE WENT TO WHERE HE LIVED, A FEW MORE BLOCKS AWAY, AND I WENT UP TO MY COUSIN SHARON'S ROOM TO BEGIN PLANNING  RE: AIRPORT SITUATION THE NEXT DAY. 

      AARON AND I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH ON EMAIL AND PHONES QUITE A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THESE PAST 9 MONTHS.  WHEN I PLANNED TO BE IN TACOMA A COUPLE MORE MONTHS FROM NOW, WITH MY HUSBAND AND I DRIVING OUT,  I TRULY WANTED DAVE TO MEET AARON SO DAVE WOULD SEE AND MEET HIS NEW GRANDSON.  WELL, THIS WEEK WHEN CALLING HIM, I FOUND OUT THAT AARON IS SUDDENLY IN TEXAS WHERE HIS DAD LIVES.  HE'S GETTING A JOB AND WON'T BE GOING BACK OUT TO THE NORTHWEST, SINCE HE HAD, THROUGH HIS DAD IN THE PAST, FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN TACOMA. AARON WAS BORN IN TEXAS AND HE  HAS FAMILY AND FRIENDS THERE. 

    

     I'D GO DOWN TO TEXAS IF I COULD!  I WANT TO SEE HIM, MEET HIS HAD AND GIVE THEM HUGS, SINCE I'M FAMILY. OH, WELL.  IF NOTHING ELSE, IN HEAVEN I'LL SEE MY GRANDSON SOME TIME, SOME YEARS FROM NOW.