Given that I haven't blogged in like 6 months, I'm gonna give this another shot...
Thanksgiving was the first real holiday that the Mattinglys have had to celebrate without Granny and Papa. They both passed away this summer. 15 days apart. I thought about it alot Wednesday night, and I've realized that this year, I'm most thankful for Granny and Papa's example of true love. They showed us all what it was. They gave us the meaning for it. I think if you were to look in the dictionary under "true love" my Granny and Papa Mattingly's picture would be there. Do you get it? They were 100% in love. My granny was papa's whole world. So much that when she passed away on June 5th, he felt that he didn't have a reason to be here anymore. He was miserable without her, truly brokenhearted. He got pneumonia the next week, spent a few days in the hospital, & came home to spend his last father's day with his kids, grandkids, & great grandkids. Spending the night camped out in my aunt's living room with my family, all of us surrounding Papa's hospital bed. That's a memory I'll never forget. He passed away 2 days later, June 20th.
This post is getting sad & that's not what I meant for it to be. So I'm wrapping it up now. I just wanted to say to my Granny and Papa Mattingly, who are in Heaven now looking down on all of us, I love you. I'm thankful for my 21 years with you. I'm thankful that you two were SO in love. Because of you guys, I want your kind of true love. I want a spouse that my love is so strong for that I can't imagine living without him. Because of my Granny and Papa. Love you.
