this snap popped up in my facebook memories this week and oh did it give me all of the feels. it's been just three months today since oli passed away and it made me grateful all over again for all that extra time we had with them.
because they felt the call to be with their family - they sold their home, quit jobs they loved and moved more than 4000kms to be here with us in perth. because of their move, they had time with their grandchildren, to know them well and to love them. because of their move, i got to be as close with them as my own parents. because of their move they were here when alexander was born. because of their move, we didn't have to worry and stress about the distance on top of everything else when steve's cancer came back so agressively and oli fell ill too.
i really don't know how we could have managed it. the only possibility seems that we would have had to move across to brisbane temporarily once the pandemic began. we wouldn't have been able to get in and out of wa... so we would have just had to make it work. such a scary thought. but we were blessed to have them here, to love them, to hold them and to kiss them one last time - all because they followed a prompting.
we had no idea what lie ahead of us. but the lord knew. he has always known - and those who have faith will be guided time and time again to be guarded and guided with his love.
